Posted at 6:08 PM, Jun 15, 2021
and last updated 6:17 PM, Jun 15, 2021
LANSING, Mich. (WXYZ) — Today, legislation was introduced to provide support to child care providers and parents. This comes a day after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced she wants to use $1.4 billion in federal funding to expand access to high-quality child care and make it more affordable. These bills provide insight into how some of the money could be spent.
For background, Michigan child care subsidies have declined 65 percent in the last 20 years, while your cost for child care has gone up nearly as much in the last year alone.