HF 4569 Summary

• Expands child care assistance eligibility to include relative custodians, successor custodians or guardians, and foster parents in addition to biological and adoptive parents.

• Increases maximum reimbursement rates for child care providers starting October 3, 2022: 75th percentile for infants/toddlers and 30th percentile for preschool/school-age children, with updates every three years.

• Allocates $75,364,000 in fiscal year 2023 from child care and development fund for rate and registration fee increases.

• Establishes new grant programs including shared services grants for family child care providers and technology access grants to improve business practices.

• Makes appropriations totaling $504.268 billion for fiscal years 2022-2023 across health and human services programs, including workforce incentive funds, mental health services, and emergency assistance.