Childcare Access Assistance (2025) $14M

• This money was offered by the federal government to all states to expand access to low-income families to childcare services.

• Fearing the program would face widespread fraud, Idaho’s JFAC rejected the funding. However, state audits show the fraud level to be quite low- around 3-4%.

• Despite this knowledge, lawmakers chose to punish Idaho families by rejecting the funding.

Action: Insist that your legislators support access to childcare for all Idahoans by accepting federal grants such as this one.

Source: https://www.kmvt.com/2026/04/01/audits-find-little-fraud-idaho-child-care-providers-budget-panel-rejects-child-care-grants/

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