{"id":46443,"date":"2022-08-31T07:09:18","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T11:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=46443"},"modified":"2022-08-31T07:09:18","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T11:09:18","slug":"nearly-400000-children-in-nys-newly-eligible-for-child-care-assistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/nearly-400000-children-in-nys-newly-eligible-for-child-care-assistance\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 400,000 Children in NYS Newly Eligible for Child Care Assistance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_46444\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Hochul-Child-Care-Grants.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46444\" data-attachment-id=\"46444\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/nearly-400000-children-in-nys-newly-eligible-for-child-care-assistance\/hochul-child-care-grants\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Hochul-Child-Care-Grants.jpg?fit=799%2C533&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"799,533\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 2022 Kevin P. Coughlin \\\/ State&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 2022 Kevin P. Coughlin \\\/ State of New York&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Hochul-Child Care Grants\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Governor Kathy Hochul announces new child care assistance eligibility (August 30, 2022)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Hochul-Child-Care-Grants.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Hochul-Child-Care-Grants.jpg?fit=799%2C533&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-46444\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Hochul-Child-Care-Grants.jpg?resize=375%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Hochul-Child-Care-Grants.jpg?w=799&amp;ssl=1 799w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Hochul-Child-Care-Grants.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Hochul-Child-Care-Grants.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-46444\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Governor Kathy Hochul announces new child care assistance eligibility (August 30, 2022)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Nearly 400,000 children in New York State are newly eligible for <strong>child care assistance<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Governor <strong>Kathy Hochul<\/strong> and U.S. Senator <strong>Kirsten Gillibrand<\/strong> launched a statewide campaign Tuesday to ensure eligible families access expanded child care assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Eligibility was expanded this month in New York State to include families earning up to 300% of the federal poverty level, which is up from 200%. A family of four earning up to $83,250 is now eligible for child care assistance when previously, the threshold was $55,500 or less.<\/p>\n<p>Families can learn more by visiting <a href=\"http:\/\/OCFS.ny.gov\/ccap\">OCFS.ny.gov\/ccap<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hochul also announced expanded eligibility for a second round of federally funded <strong>Child Care Provider Stabilization grants<\/strong>. As of Tuesday, all school-age child care programs and more than 900 providers that were licensed by January 1, 2022 can apply for these grants.<\/p>\n<p>Eligible providers can access more information at <a href=\"https:\/\/ocfs.ny.gov\/programs\/childcare\/ccap\/\">https:\/\/ocfs.ny.gov\/programs\/childcare\/ccap\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly 400,000 children in New York State are newly eligible for child care assistance. Governor Kathy Hochul and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand launched a statewide campaign Tuesday to ensure eligible families access expanded child care assistance. Eligibility was expanded this month in New York State to include families earning up to 300% of the federal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":46444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[4660,12073,12074,1333,1367],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Hochul-Child-Care-Grants.jpg?fit=799%2C533&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-c55","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44638,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/governor-hochul-announces-2-billion-in-child-care-assistance\/","url_meta":{"origin":46443,"position":0},"title":"Governor Hochul Announces $2 Billion in Child Care Assistance","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"May 24, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Governor Kathy Hochul announced that the largest investment in child care subsidies in New York State history will be distributed. 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