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Childcare advocates back registry funding and copayment waiver to improve affordability and workforce data
Summary
Childcare advocates asked the House Committee on Social Services Budget to continue $1.1 million in state funding for the Child Care Workforce Registry and to fund a $755,000 copayment waiver to make childcare more affordable for families up to 150% of the federal poverty level.
Logan Stensing of Thrive Kansas and other early-childhood advocates told the House Committee on Social Services Budget that two investments would strengthen childcare affordability and workforce development: continued state general-fund support for the Child Care Workforce Registry and a $755,000 appropriation to waive co-payments for child-care assistance up to 150% of the federal poverty level.
Stensing said the workforce…
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