Authorizes use of affordable housing and municipal development fee trust funds for planning and construction of certain child care centers.*

This bill allows funds from New Jersey's Affordable Housing Trust Fund and municipal development fee trust funds to be used for planning and construction of licensed childcare centers. The childcare centers must be co-located with low- or moderate-income housing, meaning they must be in the same building, on the same site, or adjacent to the building or site providing the affordable housing. The bill amends existing laws (P.L.1985, c.222 and P.L.2008, c.46) to specifically include childcare centers as an eligible use for these funds. This policy change directly affects municipalities that collect development fees and the Department of Community Affairs, which administers these trust funds. It enables communities to integrate childcare services with affordable housing developments, potentially improving access to childcare for low- and moderate-income families.