Child care subsidies support working families

Child care subsidies have been an important part of helping families get and maintain employment, as we’ve previously reported. With stagnant wages and increasing child care costs, the subsidy helps lower income families have access to quality child care. A year of child care in Maryland is greater than a year of under graduate tuition at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Without child care a family would have to choose between having both parents employed (which would decrease their chance for financial independence), or if it was a single parent household, even having employment. The subsidy also provides compensation to thousands of child care workers in Maryland. This legislative session provides an opportunity for lawmakers to protect and expand the child care subsidy. Read more on how Maryland can strengthen working families here