H.R. 9993 — Rise Up for Child Care Act of 2026

This section guarantees child care services to each TANF recipient and each former recipient for the 24-month period after leaving the program, as a condition of receiving funds under the child care entitlement. It eliminates state caps on the entitlement and converts the program to an open-ended entitlement funded at such sums as necessary for each fiscal year. It sets a 75 percent federal matching rate for state expenditures that supplement wages and benefits for home-based child care providers. It directs HHS to study the effects of the new matching rate and appropriates $20 million annually for the study and related research.