Child Care Subsidies – Ohio, Missouri

Posted on April 13, 2011 by townsend

• Families would keep child-care subsidies in Kasich’s budget, By Joe Vardon, April 12, 2011, Columbus Dispatch: “Mixed in with about 20 children reaching toward the sky and touching their toes yesterday was Gov. John Kasich, who tried to mirror the youngsters as they went through their stretching routine. With his own toes just out of reach, Kasich resigned himself to cheering on the children before continuing his tour of the YMCA Early Learning Center, 2879 Johnstown Rd., in Columbus. Kasich’s visit was used to highlight the provisions in his two-year, $55.5 billion budget proposal that would allow all children now enrolled in state-subsidized child-care programs to remain despite a 7 percent reduction in funds for child-care providers…”
• Child-care subsidies reduced in Missouri Senate plan, By David A. Lieb (AP), April 12, 2011, Columbia Missourian: “Thousands of low-income Missouri parents would see their state child care subsidies reduced under a budget plan a state Senate committee passed Tuesday. The plan would reduce monthly child-care subsidies for about 6,600 children while extending benefits to an estimated 570 children whose parents currently earn too much to qualify for state-subsidized care. The changes would save about $1 million in the proposed $23 billion operating budget for next year approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee. But the panel chairman, Sen. Kurt Schaefer, said the greater goal is to provide a less-abrupt phase-out of benefits for working parents who get promotions and pay raises…”