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Hochul proposes funding for child care centers
Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday announced new efforts to make child care more accessible and affordable in New York. According to a news release from her office, Hochul will propose a $110 million Child Care Construction Fund to build new child care facilities and repair existing sites,
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The issue is personal for Hochul, who left a job in the Washington, D.C. office of Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan because she couldn’t find child care.
Gov. Hochul proposes subsidizing construction of new child care centers
She also proposed creating a pool of child care teachers and substitute teachers through to provide staff to keep child care centers open and to work in new centers that will be built.
New funding aims to expand child care in New York
A new effort in New York aims to make child care more accessible and affordable. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has earmarked $110 million to help build child care centers in the state. The child care construction fund will help add more facilities and repair existing ones,
Gov. Hochul proposes $110 million fund to build child care facilities
The proposal will be part of Hochul’s State of the State address on Jan. 14.
NY governor proposes $110M for new child care centers
Gov. Kathy Hochul is taking aim at the lack of child care centers and wants to create a $110 million fund to support the construction of new facilities.

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This story originally appeared on Stateline. Reporting for this article was supported by New America’s Better Life Lab.