Child Care Workforce Improvement Act

Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 3.

Tennessee SB0902, titled the "Child Care Workforce Improvement Act," mandates the development and implementation of a Child Care WAGE$ Tennessee program by the commissioner of human services to provide supplemental payments to eligible child care workers based on their tenure. The bill affects child care workers in Tennessee, specifically those earning $20 per hour or less and working at licensed child care facilities. Key provisions include eligibility criteria for supplemental payments, annual adjustments based on the consumer price index, and the use of funds from the child care improvement fund to support the program.