Senate Committee Examines Impact of CCDBG Law

On June 15, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee held a hearing, “Implementing the Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act of 2014: Perspectives of Stakeholders.” The hearing focused on how states have implemented the law (P.L. 113-186) so far and the challenges they continue to face.

The following witnesses testified:

• Linda Smith, deputy assistant secretary, Early Childhood Development, Department of Health and Human Services;
• Sheila Hoyle, executive director, Southwestern Child Development Commission, Webster, NC;
• Le’Vaughn Johnson Westbrook, parent, Falls Church, VA;
• Margaret Williams, executive director, Maryland Family Network, Baltimore, MD; and
• Myra Jones-Taylor, commissioner, Connecticut Office of Early Childhood, Hartford, CT.