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§9859e Use of Funds

Title 42 › CHAPTER 105 — COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAMS › SUBCHAPTER II–C — CHILD CARE SAFETY AND HEALTH GRANTS › § 9859e

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

States that get this money must spend it on at least two activities from a list of nine. The options include things like training child care providers on preventing sickness and promoting health; making licensing, rules, or registration stronger and helping providers meet them (including fixing facilities); enforcing rules with more surprise inspections; giving health consultants; helping providers serve children with disabilities; doing criminal background checks; giving parents information about safe child care; and improving transportation safety for children. The grant money must add to other federal, state, and local funds and cannot be used to replace those existing funds.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §9859e

The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)In general

A State that receives an allotment under section 9859c of this title shall use the funds made available through the allotment to carry out two or more activities consisting of— (1)

(2)strengthening licensing, regulation, or registration standards for eligible child care providers;

(3)assisting eligible child care providers in meeting licensing, regulation, or registration standards, including rehabilitating the facilities of the providers, in order to bring the facilities into compliance with the standards;

(4)enforcing licensing, regulation, or registration standards for eligible child care providers, including holding increased unannounced inspections of the facilities of those providers;

(5)providing health consultants to provide advice to eligible child care providers;

(6)assisting eligible child care providers in enhancing the ability of the providers to serve children with disabilities and infants and toddlers with disabilities;

(7)conducting criminal background checks for eligible child care providers and other individuals who have contact with children in the facilities of the providers;

(8)providing information to parents on what factors to consider in choosing a safe and healthy child care setting; or

(9)assisting in improving the safety of transportation practices for children enrolled in child care programs with eligible child care providers.

(b)Supplement, not supplant

Funds appropriated pursuant to the authority of this subchapter shall be used to supplement and not supplant other Federal, State, and local public funds expended to provide services for eligible individuals.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 9859e

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110