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Most Virginia families, particularly single-parent households, currently spend far more than 7% of household income on childcare, or well above the percentage the federal government defines as affordable, according to a new state report.

Child care is unaffordable for the majority of Virginia families with young children and nearly all low-income families with young children, a study by the state’s legislative watchdog found. According to the report by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, child care is unaffordable for 85% of Virginia families with infants, 82% of families […]

Child care is unaffordable for the majority of Virginia families with young children and nearly all low-income families with young children, a study by the state’s legislative watchdog found.

Few Virginia families with children younger than kindergarten age can afford child care, a state agency found.

Virginia’s basic goal of helping families receiving welfare become self-sufficient isn’t working, the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission said.

Childcare is not affordable to most Virginians, according to information presented during the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission’s meeting on Monday

Child care is unaffordable for the majority of Virginia families with young children and nearly all low-income families with young children, a study by the state’s legislative watchdog found.

Virginia’s basic goal of helping families receiving welfare become self-sufficient isn’t working, the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission said.