Our toddler’s child care costs us more than our mortgage — how can we budget to cover these high monthly expenses?

That’s more than their mortgage payment, which comes in at $2,100 a month. It’s also an astronomical 32% of their income.

States are quietly cutting child care funding — and families are out of options

For the past year, families in need of child care assistance in Indiana have been sitting on a waitlist that has ballooned ...
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Child Care Assistance Program running out of money in St. Lawrence Co.

If you receive help to pay for child care in St. Lawrence County, there’s a good chance you’ll be losing that assistance.
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States Grapple With Child-Care Crisis as Funding Cuts Hit Families Nationwide

States are reducing subsidy slots, slashing provider reimbursement rates and raising co-pays for low-income parents amid ...
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How child care programs can support local food access and healthy eating habits

Tools for child care programs on tackling food insecurity, connecting children with nature and local food, and establishing ...
Summit County

Breckenridge Town Council approves updates to child care assistance program

Editor’s note: The headline of this story has been updated with the correct year the child care assistance program was established, 2007. Breckenridge Town Council approved updates to the town’s child ...
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Child care assistance applications resume Aug. 1 for waitlist families, MDHS says

PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - Mississippi parents will soon be able to apply for much-needed child care assistance. The Mississippi Department of Human Services Division of Early Childhood Care & ...
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Childcare assistance program money dispute in Rensselaer County

Rensselaer County said it will stop accepting re-certification applications for the state-supported childcare assistance ...
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Weld County to freeze enrollment in child care assistance program

The Weld County Department of Human Services will freeze enrollment in the Colorado Child Care Assistance Program starting on Feb. 1 due to a lack of funding, leaving many without the unique service. ...