This House resolution recognizes the roles and contributions of care workers across the country and supports naming April 2026 as "Care Worker Recognition Month." It lists facts and concerns in its preamble: rising need for childcare and home care; the importance of childcare workers, direct care workers, and early educators; low median pay and difficult working conditions in care jobs; growing demand for home and community-based services as the population ages; waiting lists for services; and economic figures cited by the sponsors. The resolution formally thanks care workers and recognizes the care industry as important to economic growth.
If passed by the House, this resolution would be a formal recognition only. It honors childcare workers, home care workers, and other direct care staff and supports the idea of a national month to recognize their work. The resolution does not by itself change services, wages, or program rules.
This resolution does not appropriate money or create new spending. No publicly available information indicates it authorizes funding. The bill text includes cited cost figures (for example, comparisons of home care versus congregate care costs and estimates of unpaid caregiving value), but the resolution itself does not allocate funds.
Supporters say the resolution highlights how care workers enable families to work, help children learn, allow older adults and people with disabilities to live with dignity, and support overall economic stability. The text thanks care workers, notes the workforce is majority women, and calls care work high-value and essential to economic growth.
No publicly available information.