Priority for subgrants

(a) In general In making subgrants under this title, the lead agency shall give priority to eligible child care providers that— (1) provide child care services during nontraditional or extended hours; (2) provide child care services to infants and toddlers; (3) provide child care services to dual language learners, children with disabilities, children experiencing homelessness, children in foster care, or children from low-income families; (4) provide child care services to children whose families received subsidies under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9857 et seq.) or under title I, as applicable, for the child care services; (5) operate in communities, including communities with a high proportion of children in households with incomes below the poverty line and rural communities, with a low supply of child care services; or (6) are small business concerns, as defined in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632), or nonprofit organizations that are described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code. (b) Definition In this section, the term poverty line means the poverty line defined and revised as described in section 673 of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902).