2013 Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2013

Mikulski introduced a bill in Congress that would reauthorize the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to provide block grants to the states to help low-income parents find child care for their children. In addition to reauthorizing the program, it also makes amendments to the law to try to improve it. Some of those improvements include required background checks on grant recipients and annual inspections. The Child Care and Development Block Grant is the main federal program to help families pay for child care. States use the block grants they receive from the federal government to subsidize child care, mostly through voucher programs. Mikulski also helped pass the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to guarantee equal pay for equal work. Spousal Impoverishment Act - helped elderly couples pay for care without first losing their homes. She worked to end gender discrimination in health care and guarantee women access to preventative care through the Mikulski Women's Prevention Health Amendment. In 1990 she helped establish Office of Women's Health and Resources at the National Institute of Health.

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Politics - Social Justice

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