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Breakdown of childcare block grant funding and potential funding gaps

4:10:51

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Commissioner Dannhauser provides a breakdown of the childcare block grant funding and outlines potential funding gaps for the current and next federal fiscal years.

Childcare block grant funding supports mandated vouchers, ACS low-income vouchers, and some DOE contracts
Current federal fiscal year faces a $125 million gap
Next federal fiscal year could see an $860 million gap without additional allocation from Albany
Council Member Stevens requests a detailed breakdown of vouchers by type and borough

Jess Dannhauser

4:10:51

So the child care block grant funding supports first the mandated vouchers, ACS low income vouchers, as well as some of the DOE contracts, New York City Public Schools.

4:11:06

We are looking at about $125,000,000 gap in this federal fiscal year and about an $860,000,000 gap in next federal fiscal year should there not be an additional allocation in Albany.

Althea V. Stevens

4:11:21

I know council member Russ already asked this, but if you guys can get back to the committee staff, could you provide a breakdown total number of vouchers that child care welfare, the vouchers that are child welfare and the number that are low income?

4:11:38

If you have it you can share but if not you can send it in.

4:11:41

And could you provide a breakdown by borough and both child welfare and low income vouchers?

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