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DELC warns 5% cuts would shrink childcare supply; ERDC structural deficit could exhaust funds by Jan 2027
Summary
The Department of Early Learning and Care told the subcommittee a 5% cut in state/other funds would be about $60 million and likely reduce childcare slots, especially in rural areas. DELC estimated ERDC (employment‑related daycare) funding could run out by January 2027 and proposed limited federal carryforward use and administrative savings as partial mitigations.
Carrie McCann, interim director of the Department of Early Learning and Care, and Deputy Director Cooper Brown told the joint interim education subcommittee that DELC's budget is about $1.5 billion and the agency modeled 2.5% and 5% reduction scenarios. Brown said a 5% reduction in state and other funds would equal roughly $60 million and that 91% of DELC’s budget is grant and aid, meaning reductions at that level would require programmatic cuts that would directly affect children, families and providers.
DELC emphasized licensing and health and safety functions would be…
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