Oklahoma Voice: Oklahoma Child Care Advocacy Group Sues DHS over End of Subsidies

Oklahoma Voice: Oklahoma child care advocacy group sues DHS over end of subsidies

OKLAHOMA CITY — An advocacy group that represents licensed child care providers is asking an Oklahoma County judge to force a state agency to restore a pandemic-era subsidy program.

Oklahoma child care advocacy group sues DHS over end of subsidies • Oklahoma Voice

The Oklahoma County Courthouse in downtown Oklahoma City, pictured Aug. 15, 2024. (Photo by Nuria Martinez-Keel/Oklahoma Voice)OKLAHOMA CITY — An advocacy group that represents licensed child care providers is asking an Oklahoma County judge to force a state agency to restore a pandemic-era subsidy program. The Licensed Child Care Association of Oklahoma sued the Oklahoma Department of Human Services last week in Oklahoma County District Court, …

Oklahoma child care advocacy group sues DHS over end of subsidies

Oklahoma child care providers sue DHS to restore $5/day pandemic-era subsidy for school-age children after federal funding ended. The post Oklahoma child care advocacy group sues DHS over end of subsidies first appeared on The Journal Record.

Child Care Group Sues State to Continue COVID Era Subsidy

The Licensed Child Care Association of Oklahoma is suing the Oklahoma Department of Human Services to keep a COVID-era subsidy program going. DHS stopped paying a $5 per child, per day subsidy for school-age children to providers because the agency said the federal funding had been exhausted. Oklahoma Voice’s Emma Murphy writes the lawsuit contends DHS did not follow the proper process to end the subsidies. You can read the Oklahoma Voice story h

Child care advocates sue DHS over end of subsidies

An advocacy group that represents licensed child care providers is asking an Oklahoma County judge to force a state agency to restore a pandemic-era subsidy program.