Alaska SB95 amends child care assistance and grant programs to improve eligibility, benefits, and facility standards.

Alaska SB95 modifies the state's child care assistance and grant programs. It updates eligibility criteria for families, ensuring benefits are available to low and moderate-income families where a parent or guardian needs to work or attend school. The bill also revises the contribution parents or guardians must make towards child care costs, limiting it to seven percent of their monthly income. Additionally, it establishes a sliding fee scale for determining these contributions.

Alaska SB95 amends child care assistance and grant programs to improve eligibility, benefits, and facility standards.

Alaska SB95 modifies the state's child care assistance and grant programs. It updates eligibility criteria for families, ensuring benefits are available to low and moderate-income families where a parent or guardian needs to work or attend school. The bill also revises the contribution parents or guardians must make towards child care costs, limiting it to seven percent of their monthly income. Additionally, it establishes a sliding fee scale for determining these contributions.