The current version of the state budget for fiscal year 2011-2012 cuts $535 million from Child Care and Development programs that, according to the Department of Education, serve almost 500,000 low-income children. The proposed budget lowers the maximum age for childcare subsidies from 12 to 11— eliminating childcare funds for roughly 14,000 children—and lowering the […]
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