Health and social policy

Executive Order 14095: Increasing Access to High-Quality Care and Supporting Caregivers

President: Joseph R. Biden Jr.

Directed agencies to expand access to child care, home-based care, long-term care and support for family caregivers and the care workforce using existing programs and funding.

Status: In effect. Is Executive Order 14095 still in effect? Yes. Executive Order 14095 remains in effect. See Federal Register record.

Children, older adults and people receiving assistance appear with professional and family caregivers.
Caregiving policy, illustrated symbolically; not an individual benefit award, staffing requirement or guarantee of service availability. EO Explained · site-generated editorial illustration · not documentary evidence.

What does Executive Order 14095 do?

HHS and Education were assigned care-access work under existing programs; Labor reviewed workforce conditions and agencies identified funding options.

Later primary evidence reviewed September 24, 2026: An HHS request for information on early-childhood educators linked its data-gathering work to this order's care-workforce direction. Official source. The cited steps do not establish every downstream effect.

Administration position: The order’s findings and policy rationale were the Biden administration’s positions. This guide distinguishes them from implementation records and judicial rulings.
SignedApril 18, 2023
Lead officialsDomestic Policy Council, HHS, Education, Labor, VA and OMB
Express timingAgency actions and reports on staggered 30- to 180-day schedules

Before and after

Before the order

Federal care programs were dispersed across agencies and statutes, with access, affordability and workforce shortages handled program by program.

After the order

Agencies issued grant, payment and workforce initiatives. The later administration reversed the Biden caregiving policy direction, while completed grants and independently valid program rules require separate treatment.

An HHS request for information on early-childhood educators linked its data-gathering work to this order's care-workforce direction.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
HHS and EducationImprove care access and affordability through existing programsStaggered deadlines
LaborDevelop job-quality and workforce actionsWithin 150 days
OMB and agenciesIdentify funding and data improvementsOngoing

What happened next

EO 14095 signed.

EO 14148 rescinded related equity and workforce directives and ordered policy review.

Later primary evidence reviewed: An HHS request for information on early-childhood educators linked its data-gathering work to this order's care-workforce direction.