New Mexico voted a child care guarantee into its constitution. For one mom, it means her 8-year-old doesn’t worry about money anymore
The high price tag forced her to prioritize which monthly bills to pay, which meant frequent utility shut-off notices – and some extremely difficult decisions. “I learned which bills I could forgo every other month to keep up with the financial needs of my children,” Fout told CNN. That was before New Mexico in May became the first state to offer free child care to most of its residents.
Using oil and gas revenues to help kids There has been a strong will in New Mexico to improve its slice of the widely broken US child care system, mainly because it is one of the poorest states and consistently ranks among the worst for child well-being, state officials and child advocates say. Child advocates some 12 years ago sparked the movement to get a permanent funding source for child care enshrined in the state’s constitution.
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