To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to counties to carry out programs to provide to parents in families participating in State programs funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act, training relating to early childhood development and education to prepare such parents for employment as caregivers by providers of high quality child care services.
Parents as First Teachers Act of 1997 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to eligible counties to carry out programs to provide: (1) early childhood development and education training to parents in families that receive assistance under State programs funded under part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) of title IV of the Social Security Act, for the purpose of preparing such parents to obtain employment as caregivers of high quality child care services; and (2) supportive services and job placement services to such parents necessary for their participation in such training and their obtaining such employment at the completion of such training. Authorizes appropriations.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Ways and Means
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
Referred to House Education and the Workforce
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning.
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