The bill would require health profession opportunity grant demonstration projects to assess participants’ adult basic skills and provide basic skills education when needed. Projects would also have to make affordable child care available, including help enrolling in subsidized care or payments to providers, copayments, or fees. Projects could also help participants access high school equivalency or adult education courses. The changes would take effect October 1, 2025.
If you take part in one of these grant-funded projects, you would receive an assessment of your basic skills and education support if needed. The project would also have to make child care available and affordable. The bill does not describe who qualifies for the projects.
The bill gives no funding amounts or cost estimates. It requires projects to provide the described education and child care supports, which may include payments for child care.
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