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$42M in child care block grant will help KY families Funding puts job training, education within better reach for working parents By Doug Hogan/Anya Armes Weber Frankfort, KY - Families with young children and child care providers will benefit from federal funding and new state regulations that became effective Dec. 1. The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services Division of Child Care (DCC), part of the Department for Community Based Services (DCBS), recently received an additional $42 million to a block grant and will use the funds to assist more families with young children and support children's healthy development. DCBS Commissioner Eric Clark said the funding helps to meet the needs of the families his agency serves. "DCBS is excited about the opportunities presented through these additional federal funds to support families and children throughout the Commonwealth," he said. "The input and collaboration we received from our key stakeholders and partners were essential toward identifying, developing, and prioritizing a more robust and sustainable Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP), which ultimately improves outcomes for our families and children." The money is new discretionary funding through the Child Care Development Block Grant, managed by the U.S. Administration for Children and Families (ACF). The federal program was reauthorized in 2014, and this year Kentucky decided to make some changes in how to best spend these funds to meet the goals of the program. DCC and its stakeholders, including the Early Childhood Advisory Council, the Child Care Advisory Council, agreed on key objectives and have made the following changes.
"This multi-pronged allocation plan will help to support the households of children as they work towards long-term financial stability while also supporting child care providers to pursue continuous quality improvement and employ more qualified educators," Vanover said. Get more information online at https://chfs.ky.gov/agencies/dcbs/dcc. This story was posted on 2018-12-03 20:56:08
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