Iowa Lawmakers Make Child Care Worker Assist Permanent

Iowa lawmakers make child care worker assist permanent

A proposal to codify a pilot child care program unanimously passed the Iowa Senate and is on its way to Gov. Kim Reynolds’ desk.

Legislaure approves state assistance for Iowa child care workers

Legislators have overwhelmingly voted to permanently make most child care workers in Iowa, regardless of their income, eligible for state assistance to cover child care costs for their own kids. Child care workers who provide direct services to kids for at least 32 hours a week have been eligible under a pilot program and the […]

Permanent aid for child care workers heads to governor's desk

Iowa child care workers would be eligible for the state Child Care Assistance program, regardless of income, under a bill headed to the governor's desk. (Photo by Elaine S. Povich/Stateline)A bill making the Iowa Child Care Assistance program permanently available for child care workers regardless of income heads to the governor’s desk after passing both chambers with bipartisan support. House File 2514, which passed the Senate unanimously Monda…

Legislators have overwhelmingly voted to permanently make most child care workers in Iowa -- regardless of their income -- eligible for state assistance to cover child care costs for their own kids

Legislators have overwhelmingly voted to permanently make most child care workers in Iowa -- regardless of their income -- eligible for state assistance to cover child care costs for their own kids. Child care workers who provide direct services to kids for at least 32 hours a week have been eligible under a pilot program and the bill that's cleared the House and Senate would make the benefit permanent. Representative Tracy Ehlert, a Democrat fr…

Permanent aid for child care workers heads to governor’s desk

A bill making the Iowa Child Care Assistance program permanently available for child care workers regardless of income heads to the governor’s desk after passing both chambers with bipartisan support. House File 2514, which passed the Senate unanimously Monday, makes…