Supporting Childcare

As a soon-to-be working mother, I know first-hand how difficult it is to find adequate and affordable childcare. Now, our Legislature is putting childcare on the line - and with it, many businesses' ability to operate, and parents' ability to go to work. Federal ARPA dollars which would stabilize the childcare system were recently pulled from JFAC and are still being held. If these $36 million are left unappropriated in Idaho, they will go back to be spent in other states.

I was encouraged by the many parents who came to protest this unbelievable move at the Capitol, but more pressure is needed. Please email JFAC members and ask them to appropriate these ARPA dollars to our childcare providers.