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DCF says childcare special fund is supporting far more families; $92.6M projected spending and a new quality incentive program
Summary
The Department for Children and Families told the Ways & Means Committee it plans to spend about $92.6 million on childcare financial assistance and a quality and capacity incentive program, reported a 76% increase in children served since 2022, and described how multiple federal and state funding streams will be blended.
Gianna McLaughlin, deputy commissioner in charge of the Child Development Division at the Department for Children and Families, told the Ways & Means Committee that DCF is using childcare special fund dollars for two statutorily authorized purposes: childcare financial assistance and a quality and capacity incentive program.
"The really simple answer to how do we use the special fund is in the ways that we are supposed to act '76: 1 is childcare financial assistance and the second is on a quality and capacity incentive program," McLaughlin said.
McLaughlin said DCF projects about $92.6 million in childcare-related spending for the fiscal year;…
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