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14% of families spend more on day care than housing. What’s the fix?
10+ hour, 21+ min ago (1562+ words) Brittany Dunbar and her husband pay about $3,100 a month for child care in suburban Baltimore " roughly $300 more than the mortgage on their $550,000 home." Before having a child, Dunbar expected to pay around $2,000 per month for child care. But when it…...
Oil and gas fuel free child care in New Mexico
6+ mon, 1+ day ago (998+ words) Starting Nov. 1, all New Mexico families can access state child care assistance with copayments waived, regardless of income. Funding comes from the Early Childhood Trust Fund and Land Grant Permanent Fund, supported by oil and gas revenue, with additional legislative…...