YourVoice.Now Summary
Average Household ImpactShifts $70 billion from unspent border-enforcement funds to child care, Head Start, and preschool programs.
Average Household Impact
- Child Care and Development Block Grants — $25.5 billion added through fiscal year 2029
- Child Care Entitlement to States — $20 billion added through fiscal year 2029
- Head Start funding — $24 billion added through fiscal year 2029
- Preschool Development Grants — $500 million added through fiscal year 2029
- Unobligated border-enforcement funding — $70 billion rescinded from CBP and ICE
The details
Four child-care and early-education programs would receive $70 billion in new money, available through fiscal year 2029. Child Care and Development Block Grants would get $25.5 billion. The Child Care Entitlement to States would get $20 billion. Head Start would get $24 billion. Preschool Development Grants would get $500 million. The same $70 billion would come out of immigration enforcement. The money comes from the Secure America Act's funding for Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Only funds still unobligated when this measure takes effect would be rescinded.
Congressional Summary
Daycare Not Detentions Act of 2026This bill rescinds funding that was provided to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reallocates the funding to the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) for federal child care programs.Specifically, the bill rescinds $70 billion in funding that was provided to ICE and CBP by the Secure America Act.The bill also provides a total of $70 billion to ACF for federal child care programs, including $25.5 billion for the Child Care and Development Block Grant,$20 billion for the Child Care Entitlement to States,$24 billion for Head Start, and$500 million for Preschool Development Grants.The funds provided to ACF are available through FY2029.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2026-07-22
- Date Added
- 2026-08-05
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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