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Child-care providers and parents press Appropriations to restore CCAP funding, expand local matching fund
Summary
Providers and parents urged restoration of CCAP to $87 million and asked lawmakers to appropriate at least $30 million to the Early Childhood Education Fund to match local investments and expand seats for birth‑to‑3 and pre‑K children.
Child‑care providers, teachers and parents urged the House Appropriations Committee to restore and expand state investments in early childhood — including a request to return Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) funding to $87 million and to appropriate $30 million to the Early Childhood Education Fund to match local investments.
The nut graf: witnesses said the CCAP funding cut from $87 million to $78 million led to a loss of early learning seats and put thousands of children on a waiting list; they said restoring the funding and boosting the state match for…
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