Pennsylvania Statutes Title 72 P.S. Taxation and Fiscal Affairs § 103-H.1. Child Care Staff Recruitment and Retention Program

(a) Establishment.--The Child Care Staff Recruitment and Retention Program is established within the department.  The program shall provide annual recruitment and retention payments to qualified child care providers.  Payments received by qualified child care providers under the program shall be distributed only for recruitment and retention payments to qualified staff.

(b) Application.--The department shall develop an application form for qualified child care providers to apply for payments.  The department shall post the application form on the department's publicly accessible Internet website.  Applications shall be submitted in the form and manner determined by the department.  A qualified child care provider must submit an application no later than 45 days after the application form is posted on the department’s publicly accessible Internet website.

(c) Determination.--The department shall approve or deny an application submitted under subsection (b) no later than 45 days after receipt.  The department may not make a payment to an entity that is not a qualified child care provider.

(d) Allocation of payments.--

(e) Conditions.--

(f) Compliance.--The department may recover a payment from a qualified child care provider that fails to comply with this article or other applicable Federal or State law or regulation.  A qualified child care provider that receives a payment shall provide documents, records and other information related to the payment in the time, manner and format requested by the department or by another Commonwealth agency authorized to audit the provider or the payment.

(g) Reporting.--No later than September 15, 2026, and each September 15 thereafter, the department shall submit a report to the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives, and shall post the report on the department’s publicly accessible Internet website.  The report shall include all of the following information: