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          <title>WashingtonWatch.com - S. 2187, The Quality Child Care for America Act</title>
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<title>Comment by Roxanne Johnson (November 16, 2007, 01:00:00)</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2187.html#23247</link>
<description>I am the President for the Association for Better Childcare.  I also serve on the board for the North Dakota Child Care Providers, Inc. Also, on the Quality Rating Scale Committee for ND.
WHAT!! only 30% of the 200,000,000 towards in-home providers....</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;S. 2187 would amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to provide for child care workforce development initiatives.&lt;/p&gt;


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&lt;p&gt;Quality Child Care for America Act - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to authorize appropriations for child care workforce development initiatives.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Provides for funds to state and local governments and Indian tribes to carry out one or more specified child care workforce development initiatives.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Requires a state plan to specify the activities that it will provide through any particular workforce development initiative.&lt;/p&gt;


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&lt;h2 id=&quot;toc1&quot;&gt; Status of the Legislation &lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Latest Major Action: 10/17/2007: Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.&lt;/p&gt;


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<title>Revision by webmaster (October 23, 2007, 01:00:00)</title>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;S. 2187 would amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to provide for child care workforce development initiatives.&lt;/p&gt;


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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;S. 2187 would amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to provide for child care workforce development initiatives.&lt;/p&gt;


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&lt;p&gt;Latest Major Action: 10/17/2007: Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.&lt;/p&gt;


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<title>Status as of October 18, 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2187.html</link>
<description>10/18/2007: Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Status as of October 18, 2007</title>
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<description>10/18/2007: Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Status as of October 17, 2007</title>
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<description>10/17/2007: Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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