It’s official. The 2024 general assembly session is over, and Governor Beshear signed the commonwealth’s 2025-2026 budget.
Thanks to your advocacy, Kentucky will invest $62.9 million a year to support child care, including supporting the pro-work Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) and substantial policy commitments to address benefits cliffs, catalyze innovation in early childhood education and stabilize child care centers.
This historic investment in child care lays a foundation for the future. 
However, it doesn’t address Kentucky’s long-term need for a sustainable system of early childhood care and education. It also is not enough to avoid a sharp reduction in child care access for working families.
Will you take a few seconds to thank your legislator for their investment and ask them to keep working to build a comprehensive system that supports Kentucky’s working families?

Kentucky makes historic investments in child care. 

Thank you for investing $62.9 million a year in Kentucky’s child care system. These funds will fuel Kentucky’s economic growth both now and over the long term.

You are helping thousands of working families stay in the workforce and providing opportunities for our littlest learners to gain foundational skills.

However, finding safe, affordable child care is going to get even harder for many working families with young children. Can we work together to develop a whole family approach to economic prosperity through quality learning for children and career paths for their parents?  

I deeply appreciate your commitment to service and your support for the child care sector, and I look forward to building an even brighter future for Kentucky’s working families with young children.

Kentucky makes historic investments in child care.

There’s still work to do.

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Dear Office Holder (names will be automatically added on each email),