Date: 04 Mar 2024

Alabama child advocates have unveiled a comprehensive 80-page roadmap aimed at significantly expanding access to child care across the state. This ambitious plan outlines a series of policy proposals designed to address both immediate and long-term needs within the child care sector.

The roadmap focuses on enhancing state-subsidized support for child care providers and parents, introducing workforce wage supplements, providing start-up grants for new centers, and offering refundable tax credits for child care workers. These strategic measures are aimed at tackling the state’s critical shortage of child care providers and improving overall child care services to support Alabama’s workforce development.

The initiative represents a crucial step forward in ensuring that families across Alabama have access to affordable, quality child care, thereby strengthening the state’s workforce and economy.