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Committee hears broad support for SB4 to let state temporarily use 'Frog Fund' for CCDF vouchers amid childcare capacity crisis
Summary
Senate Bill 4 would allow the budget agency, with oversight, to repurpose or augment the Financial Responsibility & Opportunity Growth Fund for short‑term CCDF vouchers to address a wait list of roughly 33,000 children. Providers, chambers and child welfare advocates urged quick action to prevent closures and workforce impacts.
Senate Bill 4 authorizes the budget agency, with approval, to use a portion of the Financial Responsibility & Opportunity Growth Fund (often referred to in testimony as the "Frog Fund") to support Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) vouchers as an emergency measure to stabilize childcare capacity. The bill’s sponsor framed the proposal as a temporary tool to help more than 33,000 children…
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