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Child‑care health benefit at risk in FY26 budget; providers urge $1.4 million boost and durable funding
Summary
Child‑care providers and educators told the Committee on Health on June 5 that the city’s Health Care for Child Care program has meaningfully increased access to employer‑sponsored health insurance for early childhood staff — but the initiative is at risk unless the Council restores recurring funding.
Child‑care providers and educators told the Committee on Health on June 5 that the city’s Health Care for Child Care program has meaningfully increased access to employer‑sponsored health insurance for early childhood staff — but the initiative is at risk unless the Council restores recurring funding.
Multiple witnesses asked the committee and the Council to add $10 million in recurring funds to the Pay Equity Fund, including $1.4 million specifically to maintain and expand Health Care for Child Care. "Health Care for Child Care has made a huge impact on my family," said Julie Luhan, a child‑care owner in Ward 1. "I was paying almost $3,000 a month…
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