MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2018 Regular Session
To: Public Health and Welfare; Appropriations
By: Senator(s) Blackmon
AN ACT TO REQUIRE MINIMUM SPENDING LEVELS ON THE CHILD CARE PAYMENT PROGRAM (CCPP) FROM THE TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES (TANF) BLOCK GRANT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. This act shall be known and cited as the "Mississippi Affordable Child Care Act."
SECTION 2. Each federal fiscal year, the Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS) and/or any state agency receiving and administering the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant shall spend no less than Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) of federal TANF funds and/or state TANF Maintenance of Effort (MOE) funds on the Child Care Payment Program (CCPP) for the purposes of serving eligible families; and, in addition to this Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) of federal TANF funds and/or state TANF MOE funds spent directly on the Child Care Payment Program (CCPP), the Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS) and/or any state agency receiving and administering the federal TANF Block Grant shall transfer no less than twenty percent (20%) of the state's fixed basic block grant amount for its annual TANF Block Grant to the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) for purposes of serving eligible families through the Child Care Payment Program (CCPP).
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2018.