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Child Care Aware warns against freezing childcare subsidy intake for school‑age children

2102717 · January 3, 2025
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Summary

Child Care Aware Virginia told the committees that proposed language in the governor's budget to pause subsidy enrollment for school‑age children as of July 1, 2025 would unfairly penalize families and worsen summer care shortages.

Child Care Aware Virginia asked the joint budget committees to reject proposed budget language that would bar new enrollments of school‑age children in the state child care subsidy program beginning July 1, 2025.

The Nut Graf: Grace Reeve, speaking for Child Care Aware, said the governor’s proposal (Item 126.10, child care subsidy, item 6) would freeze intake for school‑age…

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