Grants authorized

From amounts made available under section 103, the Secretary shall award to eligible entities— (1) planning grants under section 122, to enable the eligible entities to assess the infant and toddler care needs of current and prospective community college or minority-serving institution student parents and the surrounding community and develop a detailed proposal to address such needs; (2) access grants under section 123, which will provide free high-quality child care for up to 500,000 children under the age of 3 of community college or minority-serving institution student parents, helping to reduce barriers that impact the ability of community college or minority-serving institution student parents to graduate, and reducing their postgraduation debt; (3) impact grants under section 124, which will expand the supply and quality of child care in the community by providing training, mentorship, technical support, and expansion funding to new and existing child care providers in the service area of the eligible entities; and (4) pipeline grants under section 125, which will fund eligible entities to— (A) launch and expand early childhood educator preparation programs; and (B) form strategic partnerships with regional institutions to expand, diversify, and strengthen the workforce pipeline for infant and toddler child care providers.