Post by Logan on Apr 30, 2016 3:28:11 GMT -6
Lawmakers discuss budget cuts affecting child care, families
A total of $8.17 million of services contributing to child care and children with special needs in North Dakota has been cut from the state budget.
The idea that these cuts won’t affect families until 2017 is not true, said Rep. Joshua Boschee, D-Fargo, who was one of three North Dakota legislators on a conference call Thursday afternoon to discuss the cuts. Rep. Jessica Haak, D-Jamestown, and Rep. Kris Wallman, D-Fargo, were also on the call.
Shannon Sobolik and Brianna Schjei of Hootenannies Daycare & Preschool in Fargo, a day care establishment that provides care for children with special needs, were also on the call.
Sobolik and Schjei said they recently received two grants from the state, one $1,000 grant for equipment and sensory toys and another $1,500 grant for staffing.
Read more: www.jamestownsun.com/news/state/4021067-lawmakers-discuss-budget-cuts-affecting-child-care-families
A total of $8.17 million of services contributing to child care and children with special needs in North Dakota has been cut from the state budget.
The idea that these cuts won’t affect families until 2017 is not true, said Rep. Joshua Boschee, D-Fargo, who was one of three North Dakota legislators on a conference call Thursday afternoon to discuss the cuts. Rep. Jessica Haak, D-Jamestown, and Rep. Kris Wallman, D-Fargo, were also on the call.
Shannon Sobolik and Brianna Schjei of Hootenannies Daycare & Preschool in Fargo, a day care establishment that provides care for children with special needs, were also on the call.
Sobolik and Schjei said they recently received two grants from the state, one $1,000 grant for equipment and sensory toys and another $1,500 grant for staffing.
Read more: www.jamestownsun.com/news/state/4021067-lawmakers-discuss-budget-cuts-affecting-child-care-families