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Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty

Child Care Subsidies – Kentucky

Advocates: Child-care subsidy cuts will force parents from jobs and close care centers, By Beth Musgrave, February 6, 2013, Lexington Herald-Leader: “Big cuts to a program that helps low-income families pay for child care will probably force many single parents to quit their jobs and shutter some child-care centers, warn advocates who will rally Thursday in the Capitol. In Martin County, between 60 percent and 75 percent of children at the county’s only licensed child-care center, Martin County Kiddie College, receive a state child-care subsidy, owner Brenda Bowen said…”