,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #eid  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #ba1 
#bjbj,mrs4 ,loeffler 7for herself and   
,ms4 ,ernst7 submitted the following    
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,health1 ,education1      
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,,resolution     
,calling for the payments to ,states for
 the ,child ,care and ,development      
,block ,grant program to be sufficient  
to cover losses experienced by child    
care providers due to the ,,covid-#ai   
pandemic4  ,whereas the ,,covid-#ai     
pandemic has disrupted the child care   
market and has resulted in decreased    
demand for child care1 closures of child
 care providers1 and unemployment for   
parents2 ,whereas before the pandemic1  
many working families faced challenges  
of increasing costs of child care1 and a
 lack of access to child care1 including
 a lack of access in child care deserts2
 ,whereas in the months before the      
pandemic1 the ,child ,care and          

,development ,block ,grant program      
provided access to affordable child care
 each month to nearly #hej1jjj families1
 and over #a1djj1jjj children2 ,whereas 
child care providers have lost          
significant income from families who    
cannot pay and from reduced ,state      
reimbursements2 ,whereas in ,march      
#bjbj1 in a nationwide survey of child  
care providers1 #cj percent of the child
 care providers said they would not     
withstand a closure of more than #b     
weeks without significant public        
investment and support1 an additional   
#ag percent of the child care providers 
said they would not withstand a closure 
of any amount of time without that      
investment and support1 and only #aa    
percent of the child care providers were
 confident they could withstand a       
closure of an indeterminate length      
without that investment and support2    
,whereas child care providers that      
remain open are supporting our ,nation's
 front line of defense by providing     

child care for essential workers who are
 first responders1 health care1 public  
transit1 and grocery store workers1 and 
workers in essential industries1 and who
 have an estimated #f1jjj1jjj children  
under the age of #ac in need of         
emergency care2 ,whereas those providers
 are facing challenges of increased     
costs for cleaning their facilities and 
providing a safe environment for        
children2 ,whereas the ,,cares ,act     
provided #c1ejj1jjj1jjj for the ,child  
,care and ,development ,block ,grant    
program and much-needed relief for      
families and businesses2 ,whereas an    
estimated additional #be1jjj1jjj1jjj is 
still needed for the ,child ,care and   
,development ,block ,grant program to   
provide minimum sufficient funds to     
,states1 ensuring that many child care  
providers remain open and many others   
are able to reopen their facilities2 and
 ,whereas the ,united ,states is        
beginning to recover and accessible     
child care is crucial for working       

parents to return to work3 ,now1        
therefore1 be it ,that the ,senate calls
 for-- 7#a7 significant funds1 in       
addition to the amount provided under   
the ,,cares ,act 7,public ,law          
#aaf-acf71 to be made available through 
payments to ,states for the ,child ,care
 and ,development ,block ,grant program2
 and  7#b7 those funds to be used for   
the purposes of making maintenance      
grants for eligible child care providers
 under the ,child ,care and ,development
 ,block ,grant ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #iheh
 et seq47-- 7,a7 to support the         
providers in paying costs associated    
with closures1 or decreased attendance  
or enrollment1 related to coronavirus2  
and  7,b7 to assure the providers are   
able to remain open or reopen as        
appropriate4