The new state budget includes $1.4 billion for cost stabilization and childcare center support effort.
Michigan Advance, News Partner
By Julia Forrest
Carrie Anderson, owner and director of Morning Star Child Care in Dexter, has worked in the childcare industry for over 25 years. While she loves her job, she has grappled with some of the perils that come along with the industry: low wages, insufficient amounts of staffing and making it affordable for parents.
Now there are several state and national plans that aim to help reform and support the childcare industry. The new state budget includes $1.4 billion for cost stabilization and childcare center support effort. President Joe Biden's Build Back Better plan also has support for families seeking childcare.
And an eight-bill package passed by the Michigan House this month reforms Michigan's childcare system by helping families in seeking care, as well as providing assistance to in-home childcare providers, specifically.
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