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… [O]ur youngest residents and their families will also feel the effects if these cuts make their way into the final budget agreement.
For example, critical early education programs face funding reductions, including a $2.3 million cut from this year’s amended budget for an ongoing early language and literacy pilot program.
In addition, there’s a $500,000 reduction for the Childcare and Parent Services (CAPS), both in this year’s and next year’s spending plan, which provides scholarships to help some low-income families with the cost of child care.
While these reductions may seem like a drop in the bucket compared to size of the budget, these reductions will have extensive ripple effects for years to come.
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