1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Providing Child Care for Police Officers Act of 2023 . 2. Child care grant program to support law enforcement (a) Establishment The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall establish a program to award grants to States, on a competitive basis, to assist States in providing funds to encourage the establishment and operation of child care programs to obtain child care services for the minor children of law enforcement officers during the shift work and abnormal work hours of such officers. (b) Application To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, a State shall prepare and submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including an assurance that the funds required under subsection (e) will be provided. (c) Period of grant The Secretary shall make the grant for a period of 3 years. (d) Set-Aside Of the amount appropriated to carry out this Act for a fiscal year, not less than 20 percent shall be used to make grants to eligible units of State and local government that employ fewer than 200 full-time law enforcement officers. (e) Use of funds (1) In general A State shall use amounts provided under a grant awarded under this section to provide assistance to law enforcement agencies (or consortia formed in accordance with paragraph (3)) located in the State to enable the small businesses (or consortia) to establish and operate child care programs. Such assistance may include— (A) technical assistance in the establishment of a child care program; (B) assistance for the startup costs related to a child care program; (C) assistance for the training of child care providers; (D) scholarships for families; (E) the provision of services to care for sick children or to provide care to school-aged children; (F) the entering into of contracts with local resource and referral organizations or local health departments; (G) assistance for care for children with disabilities