SEATTLE (AP) — A coalition of child care advocates warns that proposed state spending cuts will hurt families and small businesses that depend on state subsidies to care for children.
The Rebuilding Our Economic Future Coalition, which is made up of more than 115 organizations, scheduled news conferences Thursday in Seattle, Yakima, Kennewick and Spokane to call attention to the families and child care providers that depend on the state’s Working Connections program.
The coalition says a proposed cut in the program’s spending would affect 20,000 children in more than 10,000 families and could force the closure of hundreds of child care providers.
