The newly passed New York state budget includes a major investment in funding for child care, addressing a problem that Gov. Kathy Hochul said had plagued working parents for generations, and that became all the more acute during the pandemic.
Governor Kathy Hochul makes a budget announcement in the Red Room of the Capitol,includes a major investment in funding for child care: increasing eligibility to child care subsidies for families, and boosting financial support to cash-strapped providers.
“Through our investments, we'll be able to open the door to childcare for more than half of the young people in New York,” Hochul added.Now families at 300% of the federal poverty level will be able to access subsidies, compared to 200% before. That means families of four with up to an income of $83,000 will now be eligible, compared to up to $55,000 for families of four before.
Meanwhile, the report said, only a quarter of families eligible for subsidies actually use them, either because they don’t know that assistance is available, have trouble navigating the paperwork, or because the subsidies aren’t enough to make care affordable.
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