1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Child Care for Working Families Act . I Child Care and Early Learning Program 101. Birth through five child care and early learning program (a) Child care definitions The definitions in section 658P of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 9858n ) shall apply to this section, except as provided in subsection (b) and as otherwise specified. (b) Additional definitions In this section: (1) Child care certificate (A) In general The term child care certificate means a certificate (that may be a check or other disbursement) that is issued by a State, Tribal, territorial, or local government under this section directly to a parent who shall use such certificate only as payment for child care services or as a deposit for child care services if such a deposit is required of other children being cared for by the provider. (B) Rule Nothing in this section shall preclude the use of such certificates for sectarian child care services if freely chosen by the parent. For the purposes of this section, child care certificates shall be considered indirect Federal financial assistance to the provider. (2) Child experiencing homelessness The term child experiencing homelessness means an individual who is a homeless child or youth under section 725 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 11434a ). (3) Eligible activity The term eligible activity , with respect to a parent, shall include, at minimum, activities consisting of— (A) full-time or part-time employment; (B) self-employment; (C) job search activities; (D) job training; (E) secondary, postsecondary, or adult education, including education through a program of high school classes, a course of study at an institution of higher education, classes towards an equivalent of a high school diploma recognized by State law, or English as a second language classes