{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s9857","title":42,"num":"\u00a7\u202f9857.","heading":"Short title and purposes","text":"\u00a7\u202f9857.\nShort title and purposes\n(a)\nShort title\nThis subchapter may be cited as the \u201cChild Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990\u201d.\n(b)\nPurposes\nThe purposes of this subchapter are\u2014\n(1) to allow each State maximum flexibility in developing child care programs and policies that best suit the needs of children and parents within that State;\n(2) to promote parental choice to empower working parents to make their own decisions regarding the child care services that best suit their family\u2019s needs;\n(3) to encourage States to provide consumer education information to help parents make informed choices about child care services and to promote involvement by parents and family members in the development of their children in child care settings;\n(4) to assist States in delivering high-quality, coordinated early childhood care and education services to maximize parents\u2019 options and support parents trying to achieve independence from public assistance;\n(5) to assist States in improving the overall quality of child care services and programs by implementing the health, safety, licensing, training, and oversight standards established in this subchapter and in State law (including State regulations);\n(6) to improve child care and development of participating children; and\n(7) to increase the number and percentage of low-income children in high-quality child care settings.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t42/s9857.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s9857","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f9857."},{"t":"heading","text":"Short title and purposes"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s9857/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Short title"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"This subchapter may be cited as the \u201cChild Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990\u201d.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s9857/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Purposes"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The purposes of this subchapter are\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s9857/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" to allow each State maximum flexibility in developing child care programs and policies that best suit the needs of children and parents within that State;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s9857/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" to promote parental choice to empower working parents to make their own decisions regarding the child care services that best suit their family\u2019s needs;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s9857/b/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" to encourage States to provide consumer education information to help parents make informed choices about child care services and to promote involvement by parents and family members in the development of their children in child care settings;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s9857/b/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" to assist States in delivering high-quality, coordinated early childhood care and education services to maximize parents\u2019 options and support parents trying to achieve independence from public assistance;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s9857/b/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" to assist States in improving the overall quality of child care services and programs by implementing the health, safety, licensing, training, and oversight standards established in this subchapter and in State law (including State regulations);","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s9857/b/6","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(6)"},{"t":"content","text":" to improve child care and development of participating children; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s9857/b/7","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(7)"},{"t":"content","text":" to increase the number and percentage of low-income children in high-quality child care settings.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}