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Kansas expands eligibility for child care assistance, opens new grants for providers Megan Stringer, The Wichita Eagle Jul. 1—More Kansas parents will soon be eligible for funding that can help them pay for child care costs, while child care providers can apply for new grants, Gov. Laura Kelly announced Thursday. Both programs are funded through federal COVID-19 relief dollars. The Hero Relief Child Care Assistance Program was first implemented at the beginning of the pandemic...

Optimizing Distribution of American Rescue Plan Funds To Stabilize Child Care Download the PDF here. Author’s note: For the purposes of this issue brief, the term “child care programs” includes family home-based child care; child care centers; and nonprofit, for-profit, and franchise centers. The author interchangeably uses the terms “providers” and “early educators” when referring to the child care workforce, many members of which double as small business owners offering child c...