Expansion of Child Care Assistance Program leads to increased enrollment; waitlist to be implemented

Ramstad: Crystal gets a new child care center after lawmakers boost assistance to parents, workers

With more parents being ordered back to offices, there are signs the metro’s child care centers are ready for their kids.

Expansion of Child Care Assistance Program leads to increased enrollment; waitlist to be implemented

The expansion of Arkansas’ Child Care Assistance Program last January to include early child care workers and adoptive parents resulted in more than 2,600 additional students receiving assistance to attend high quality child care programs. The increase has led the program to reach capacity for the first time since 2018 and currently has more than 18,300 students participating in the program. Each year, the Arkansas Department of Education receiv…

Child Care Assistance Programs reaches capacity, wait-list to be implemented

The Arkansas Child Care Assistance Program has seen an increase in enrollment, with more than 18,300 children now participating. This, after the state expanded the program last year to include