Child Care Integrity Monitoring Act

Key Points

• This bill requires the federal government to perform a deep dive into how states run their child care programs every three years. These reviews will check if states are following federal laws and using taxpayer money properly.
• States that have a history of failing audits or ignoring past warnings will be officially labeled as "high risk." This label tells the public and the government that the state's program needs serious improvement.
• Once a state is called high risk, federal officials will watch them even more closely. This extra monitoring is meant to fix problems like poor record-keeping or failing to meet safety and quality standards for child care.
• By making these check-ups mandatory, the bill aims to ensure that the billions of dollars sent to states for child care are actually helping working parents and keeping children safe.

Impact Analysis

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