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Fresno County Sends Back Millions In Unspent Funds Intended For Child Care

Finding enough money to pay for child care is a struggle for many Central Valley families. But last year despite the region’s high poverty rate, Fresno County returned $ 10 million in unspent money to the state that was earmarked for child care for low-income families. County officials say it’s not their fault the money went unspent, and blame state rules that exclude too many families and an income cap that hasn’t kept up with the times. Now, they are pushing for change, with a bill in the legislature that would make the county a test case for expanding eligibility to the program. Hanadi Rousan, a site manager at the Northwest Learning Center in Fresno says the current income threshold for the program is too low, blocking hundreds of children out of vital state-subsidized childcare. “Children should have the right to come in and learn. And learn their social skills. It sets them right. But the way the system is set up right now, it really doesn’t provide for that,” Rousan says. On a
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