New city law

Create Childcare Access Fund to Expand Affordable Care

Last activity April 9, 2026 (5 months ago)

  1. Introduced

    April 3, 2026

  2. In committee

    The committee decides whether to send it to the full council for a vote.

  3. Council vote

  4. Mayor's desk

  5. In effect

The City proposed a new ordinance to establish the Childcare Access Fund. It would provide financial support to licensed childcare providers to reduce tuition for eligible families, expand access to affordable childcare, and stabilize providers. The fund would be administered by the Mayor’s Office of Early Childhood and financed from multiple sources.

Affects low-income families seeking childcare and licensed childcare providers

Filed by Brian Worrell, Benjamin Jacob Weber, Enrique Pepén, Erin Murphy, Ruthzee Louijeune, John FitzGerald, Sharon Durkan, Liz Breadon, Ed Flynn, Henry Santana, and Miniard Culpepper

Now with the Committee on Government Operations

About Health & Human Services , Budget & Finance and Labor & Workforce

Compare with the government's own wording

Official title

Ordinance Establishing a Childcare Access Fund.

Timeline

  1. April 8, 2026

    Referred to

    City Council

    On motion of Councilor Culpepper, Rule 12 was invoked to include Councilors Santana and Flynn as original co-sponsors. Referred to the Committee on Government Operations.