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FILE – Delaney Griffin, center, plays with toddlers at the child care center where she works, March 13, 2024, in Lexington, Ky.
FILE – Zaneta Billyzone-Jatta kisses her two-year-old daughter Zakiah Jatta in her classroom at Akin’s Early Learning Center in Auburn, Wash., March 26, 2024.
FILE – Rylee Monn plays with children in her class at a child care center in Lexington, Ky., March 13, 2024.
FILE – Delaney Griffin, center, plays with toddlers at the child care center where she works, March 13, 2024, in Lexington, Ky.
FILE – Zaneta Billyzone-Jatta kisses her two-year-old daughter Zakiah Jatta in her classroom at Akin’s Early Learning Center in Auburn, Wash., March 26, 2024.
FILE – Rylee Monn plays with children in her class at a child care center in Lexington, Ky., March 13, 2024.
PHOENIX (AP) — For parents who need to work but can’t afford the steep cost of child care, federally funded scholarships can be a lifeline. Delivered through state child care assistance programs, the scholarships can mean the difference between a parent working full time — or not at all.
But qualified families increasingly are being turned away, thanks to the rising costs of child care and the end of pandemic-era funds, and some families that had scholarships have seen them end. In at least three states — Arizona, Colorado and Texas — parents who apply face long waitlists. Other states, including Nevada and Oklahoma, have increased copayments for parents or have said they will serve fewer children. In Idaho, enrollment was paused for part of last year.
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