Childcare subsidies

Noted the HHS meeting said nothing about childcare and warned that by July's meeting no child may be enrolled, with major job losses looming; he urged the committee to take steps to restart the program now that the state budget has passed.

Said recertification notices are contradictory — telling families to recertify while simultaneously rejecting recertifications for lack of funds — and warned that if the county waits until fall to restart, zero utilization could reduce future state allocations.