West Virginia Public Broadcasting – Despite an increase in state funding compared with last year, advocates for child care say an estimated 2,000 families could lose access to child care due to a lack of funding. The state had been relying on COVID-19 era federal funding to fund a expensive change in how daycares are paid out for subsidized spots.
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Friday, Democrats proposed six amendments to the budget, none of which stuck. One of those amendments, introduced by Del. Kayla Young, D-Kanawha, would increase funding for child care in the state by around $32 million.
“If we do not do this right now, 2,000 families will lose their child care on July 1. So I hope you support it,” Young said.
