SB388

Existing federal law establishes the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990, a program that provides block grants to states to provide child care services for certain children. (42 U.S.C. §§ 9857 et seq.) To receive such a block grant, a state is required to submit a state plan that meets certain requirements and outlines the services that the state proposes to fund using the grant. (42 U.S.C. § 9858c) Existing Nevada law requires the Department of Health and Human Services to administer the Program for Child Care and Development in this State. (NRS 422A.338) Under existing federal law, the state plan for the Program is required to include, among other requirements, a sliding fee scale that provides for cost sharing by the families that receive assistance under the Program. (42 U.S.C. § 9858c(c)(5)) This bill: (1) requires that the sliding fee scale provide that no cost sharing is required for a family with an income in one of the four lowest brackets of the sliding fee scale; and (2) provides that such cost sharing must not exceed 5 percent of the gross income of the family. Close digest Existing federal law establishes the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990, a program that provides block grants to states to provide child care services for certain children. (42 U.S.C. §§ 9857 et seq.) To receive such a block grant, a state is required to submit a state plan that meets certain requirements and outlines the services tha

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