The Downtown Children's Center in St. Louis. (Photo by Rebecca Rivas/Missouri Independent.) Child care stock image. (Photo by Rebecca Rivas/Missouri Independent/States Newsroom.) It seems little will ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio -Gov. Mike DeWine signed the state’s two-year, $60 billion budget, which includes a new $10 million child care cost-sharing initiative. DeWine signed the budget bill at 11:15 p.m.
The 2025-27 budget comes with some funds for child care, but it brings in policy changes providers have criticized. One provider says she ended up with a $15,000 pay cut because she had to raise rates ...