#child care

While the state infuses millions of dollars a year into child care programs, the strict eligibility requirements and limitations for its largest child care subsidy exclude tens of thousands of families.

Texas is cutting about 14,000 child care scholarship seats statewide, potentially leaving families on waiting lists longer as regions reduce enrollment targets.

More than 2,000 Arizona children have been waitlisted for state child care assistance, according to the Department of Economic Security, and that number is likely to climb as the agency reviews pending applications.