1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Providing Child Care for Police Officers Act of 2024 . 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 provide 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 (f) will be provided. (c) Period of grant The Secretary shall award 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 award grants under subsection (a) to States to provide funds to— (1) a law enforcement agency that employs fewer than 200 full-time law enforcement officers; or (2) a consortium comprised of law enforcement agencies, one of which employs fewer than 200 such officers. (e) Use of funds (1) In general A State shall use a grant awarded under this section to provide funds to covered entities located in the State to enable the covered entities to establish and operate child care programs (directly or by contract with child care providers). Such funds may be used by the covered entity or (through such a contract) child care provider to provide assistance that 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) assistance for law enforcement agencies to provide scholarships for families