MS HB141

Creates the Child Care for Working Families Study Committee to identify federal revenue and state funds that can be redirected to the Child Care Payment Program (CCPP) administered by the Mississippi Department of Human Services.

Committee shall study and report to the 2021 Regular Session on federal and state funding sources for child care, cost-benefit analyses of increasing labor force participation through affordable child care access, and the number of eligible families on the CCPP pending funding list.

Committee shall examine the total funding required to serve current and eligible CCPP recipients, economic impacts of expanding child care assistance, private employer-funded child care models, and recommendations for increasing child care funding for low- to moderate-income working parents.

Committee consists of 11 members including executive directors from Human Services and Employment Security departments, state legislators, the State Treasurer, the Governor's Workforce Development Policy Advisor, and representatives from the Community College Board and Mississippi Low-Income Child Care Initiative.

Committee shall be chaired by the Executive Director of the Department of Human Services, hold its first meeting before August 1, 2020, with a majority quorum required for voting; act takes effect July 1, 2020.