ASSEMBLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

ASSEMBLY, No. 1471

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  JANUARY 23, 2023

      The Assembly Women and Children Committee reports favorably the Assembly Committee Substitute for Assembly Bill No. 1471.

      As reported by the committee, the substitute directs the Commissioner of Human Services to provide registered family child care providers who participate in the State’s subsidized child care assistance program and are rated under the Grow NJ Kids initiative, with enhanced reimbursements under the tiered, quality-based reimbursement system established pursuant to the State’s child care quality and improvement system, Grow NJ Kids.

      This committee substitute additionally directs the commissioner to apply for any State plan amendments or waivers as may be necessary to implement the reimbursement system established therein and to ensure continued federal financial participation for subsidized child care programs for qualified low-to-moderate income families.