{"id":188782,"date":"2026-04-07T21:01:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T21:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/188782\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T21:01:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T21:01:37","slug":"the-evening-sun-rural-child-care-needs-saving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/188782\/","title":{"rendered":"The Evening Sun | Rural Child Care Needs Saving"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n

I\u2019m <\/p>\n

sure <\/p>\n

many <\/p>\n

of <\/p>\n

you <\/p>\n

don\u2019t <\/p>\n

need <\/p>\n

me <\/p>\n

to <\/p>\n

say <\/p>\n

this, <\/p>\n

but <\/p>\n

child <\/p>\n

care <\/p>\n

in <\/p>\n

New <\/p>\n

York, <\/p>\n

specifically <\/p>\n

in <\/p>\n

rural <\/p>\n

areas, <\/p>\n

is <\/p>\n

broken <\/p>\n

and <\/p>\n

needs <\/p>\n

to <\/p>\n

be <\/p>\n

fixed. <\/p>\n

In <\/p>\n

fact, <\/p>\n

64% <\/p>\n

of <\/p>\n

New <\/p>\n

Yorkers <\/p>\n

are <\/p>\n

in <\/p>\n

a <\/p>\n

child-care <\/p>\n

desert, <\/p>\n

which <\/p>\n

makes <\/p>\n

programs <\/p>\n

such <\/p>\n

as <\/p>\n

New <\/p>\n

York\u2019s <\/p>\n

Child <\/p>\n

Care <\/p>\n

Assistance <\/p>\n

Program <\/p>\n

(CCAP) <\/p>\n

invaluable. <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

CCAP <\/p>\n

is <\/p>\n

a <\/p>\n

program <\/p>\n

that <\/p>\n

helps <\/p>\n

qualifying <\/p>\n

families <\/p>\n

find <\/p>\n

and <\/p>\n

afford <\/p>\n

child <\/p>\n

care. <\/p>\n

Due <\/p>\n

to <\/p>\n

funding <\/p>\n

gaps, <\/p>\n

however, <\/p>\n

many <\/p>\n

counties <\/p>\n

throughout <\/p>\n

the <\/p>\n

state <\/p>\n

are <\/p>\n

forced <\/p>\n

to <\/p>\n

pause <\/p>\n

applications, <\/p>\n

leaving <\/p>\n

families <\/p>\n

in <\/p>\n

the <\/p>\n

dark. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s <\/p>\n

apparent <\/p>\n

that <\/p>\n

in <\/p>\n

our <\/p>\n

current <\/p>\n

economy, <\/p>\n

everyone <\/p>\n

needs <\/p>\n

a <\/p>\n

full-time <\/p>\n

or <\/p>\n

part-time <\/p>\n

job <\/p>\n

to <\/p>\n

make <\/p>\n

ends <\/p>\n

meet. <\/p>\n

When <\/p>\n

the <\/p>\n

child-care <\/p>\n

gap <\/p>\n

happens, <\/p>\n

this <\/p>\n

not <\/p>\n

only <\/p>\n

impacts <\/p>\n

families, <\/p>\n

but <\/p>\n

also <\/p>\n

businesses <\/p>\n

and <\/p>\n

industry <\/p>\n

because <\/p>\n

of <\/p>\n

the <\/p>\n

lack <\/p>\n

of <\/p>\n

productivity. <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

Recently <\/p>\n

in <\/p>\n

Albany, <\/p>\n

I <\/p>\n

joined <\/p>\n

my <\/p>\n

good <\/p>\n

friend <\/p>\n

Assemblyman <\/p>\n

Matt <\/p>\n

Simpson <\/p>\n

(R,C-Adirondack) <\/p>\n

at <\/p>\n

a <\/p>\n

press <\/p>\n

conference <\/p>\n

to <\/p>\n

call <\/p>\n

for <\/p>\n

CCAP <\/p>\n

to <\/p>\n

be <\/p>\n

fully <\/p>\n

funded. <\/p>\n

We <\/p>\n

heard <\/p>\n

from <\/p>\n

stakeholders <\/p>\n

who <\/p>\n

are <\/p>\n

dealing <\/p>\n

with <\/p>\n

the <\/p>\n

reality <\/p>\n

of <\/p>\n

the <\/p>\n

broken <\/p>\n

child-care <\/p>\n

system <\/p>\n

and <\/p>\n

saw <\/p>\n

there <\/p>\n

are <\/p>\n

real-life <\/p>\n

consequences <\/p>\n

for <\/p>\n

Albany\u2019s <\/p>\n

disastrous <\/p>\n

policies. <\/p>\n

\n

During <\/p>\n

that <\/p>\n

press <\/p>\n

conference, <\/p>\n

we <\/p>\n

called <\/p>\n

for <\/p>\n

a <\/p>\n

more <\/p>\n

stable <\/p>\n

funding <\/p>\n

structure <\/p>\n

for <\/p>\n

CCAP, <\/p>\n

as <\/p>\n

well <\/p>\n

as <\/p>\n

other <\/p>\n

policies <\/p>\n

that <\/p>\n

would <\/p>\n

make <\/p>\n

child <\/p>\n

care <\/p>\n

more <\/p>\n

affordable <\/p>\n

and <\/p>\n

support <\/p>\n

provider <\/p>\n

growth. <\/p>\n

Many <\/p>\n

of <\/p>\n

these <\/p>\n

policies <\/p>\n

are <\/p>\n

from <\/p>\n

our <\/p>\n

Assembly <\/p>\n

Republican <\/p>\n

Conference\u2019s <\/p>\n

A <\/p>\n

Blueprint <\/p>\n

for <\/p>\n

Childcare <\/p>\n

(ABC) <\/p>\n

Plan. <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

These <\/p>\n

policies <\/p>\n

include <\/p>\n

providing <\/p>\n

tax <\/p>\n

relief <\/p>\n

for <\/p>\n

families <\/p>\n

and <\/p>\n

providers <\/p>\n

by <\/p>\n

expanding <\/p>\n

and <\/p>\n

enhancing <\/p>\n

tax <\/p>\n

credits <\/p>\n

to <\/p>\n

lower <\/p>\n

out-of-pocket <\/p>\n

child-care <\/p>\n

costs, <\/p>\n

increasing <\/p>\n

incentives <\/p>\n

to <\/p>\n

support <\/p>\n

child-care <\/p>\n

providers <\/p>\n

and <\/p>\n

exploring <\/p>\n

targeted <\/p>\n

tax <\/p>\n

relief <\/p>\n

options <\/p>\n

to <\/p>\n

reduce <\/p>\n

operating <\/p>\n

costs <\/p>\n

for <\/p>\n

providers. <\/p>\n

It <\/p>\n

would <\/p>\n

also <\/p>\n

improve <\/p>\n

the <\/p>\n

affordability <\/p>\n

and <\/p>\n

availability <\/p>\n

of <\/p>\n

care <\/p>\n

by <\/p>\n

promoting <\/p>\n

flexible <\/p>\n

child-care <\/p>\n

models, <\/p>\n

including <\/p>\n

non-traditional <\/p>\n

hours <\/p>\n

to <\/p>\n

better <\/p>\n

meet <\/p>\n

the <\/p>\n

needs <\/p>\n

of <\/p>\n

families, <\/p>\n

reducing <\/p>\n

regulatory <\/p>\n

barriers <\/p>\n

that <\/p>\n

limit <\/p>\n

the <\/p>\n

creation <\/p>\n

and <\/p>\n

expansion <\/p>\n

of <\/p>\n

child-care <\/p>\n

providers <\/p>\n

and <\/p>\n

supporting <\/p>\n

innovative <\/p>\n

solutions <\/p>\n

to <\/p>\n

increase <\/p>\n

provider <\/p>\n

capacity <\/p>\n

and <\/p>\n

parental <\/p>\n

choice. <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

I <\/p>\n

am <\/p>\n

proud <\/p>\n

to <\/p>\n

support <\/p>\n

these <\/p>\n

proposals <\/p>\n

because <\/p>\n

no <\/p>\n

family <\/p>\n

should <\/p>\n

have <\/p>\n

to <\/p>\n

make <\/p>\n

the <\/p>\n

choice <\/p>\n

between <\/p>\n

going <\/p>\n

to <\/p>\n

work <\/p>\n

to <\/p>\n

put <\/p>\n

food <\/p>\n

on <\/p>\n

the <\/p>\n

table <\/p>\n

or <\/p>\n

making <\/p>\n

sure <\/p>\n

their <\/p>\n

child <\/p>\n

is <\/p>\n

taken <\/p>\n

care <\/p>\n

of. <\/p>\n

As <\/p>\n

the <\/p>\n

representative <\/p>\n

of <\/p>\n

a <\/p>\n

rural <\/p>\n

district, <\/p>\n

I <\/p>\n

have <\/p>\n

seen <\/p>\n

firsthand <\/p>\n

just <\/p>\n

how <\/p>\n

broken <\/p>\n

our <\/p>\n

child-care <\/p>\n

system <\/p>\n

really <\/p>\n

is. <\/p>\n

It <\/p>\n

is <\/p>\n

abundantly <\/p>\n

clear <\/p>\n

something <\/p>\n

needs <\/p>\n

to <\/p>\n

be <\/p>\n

done, <\/p>\n

and <\/p>\n

while <\/p>\n

no <\/p>\n

single <\/p>\n

piece <\/p>\n

of <\/p>\n

legislation <\/p>\n

will <\/p>\n

fix <\/p>\n

things <\/p>\n

overnight, <\/p>\n

to <\/p>\n

not <\/p>\n

do <\/p>\n

anything <\/p>\n

is <\/p>\n

simply <\/p>\n

not <\/p>\n

an <\/p>\n

option. <\/p>\n

That <\/p>\n

is <\/p>\n

why <\/p>\n

I <\/p>\n

am <\/p>\n

calling <\/p>\n

on <\/p>\n

my <\/p>\n

colleagues <\/p>\n

to <\/p>\n

fully <\/p>\n

fund <\/p>\n

CCAP <\/p>\n

and <\/p>\n

pass <\/p>\n

the <\/p>\n

ABC <\/p>\n

Plan. <\/p>\n

I <\/p>\n

also <\/p>\n

urge <\/p>\n

the <\/p>\n

governor <\/p>\n

to <\/p>\n

sign <\/p>\n

these <\/p>\n

bills <\/p>\n

into <\/p>\n

law <\/p>\n

when <\/p>\n

they <\/p>\n

come <\/p>\n

to <\/p>\n

her <\/p>\n

desk. <\/p>\n

I <\/p>\n

will <\/p>\n

continue <\/p>\n

to <\/p>\n

work <\/p>\n

every <\/p>\n

day <\/p>\n

in <\/p>\n

Albany <\/p>\n

to <\/p>\n

make <\/p>\n

life <\/p>\n

more <\/p>\n

affordable <\/p>\n

for <\/p>\n

you, <\/p>\n

and <\/p>\n

child <\/p>\n

care <\/p>\n

is <\/p>\n

a <\/p>\n

part <\/p>\n

of <\/p>\n

it. <\/p>\n

Story Continues Below Adverts<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

To <\/p>\n

read <\/p>\n

more <\/p>\n

about <\/p>\n

our <\/p>\n

plan, <\/p>\n

you <\/p>\n

can <\/p>\n

see <\/p>\n

our <\/p>\n

website: <\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.nygoppolicy.com\/childcareplan<\/a> <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

As <\/p>\n

always, <\/p>\n

please <\/p>\n

feel <\/p>\n

free <\/p>\n

to <\/p>\n

reach <\/p>\n

out <\/p>\n

to <\/p>\n

my <\/p>\n

office <\/p>\n

at <\/p>\n

any <\/p>\n

time. <\/p>\n

I <\/p>\n

work <\/p>\n

for <\/p>\n

you <\/p>\n

and <\/p>\n

always <\/p>\n

want <\/p>\n

to <\/p>\n

hear <\/p>\n

any <\/p>\n

concerns <\/p>\n

you <\/p>\n

may <\/p>\n

have. <\/p>\n

\n

Assemblyman <\/p>\n

Angelino <\/p>\n

represents <\/p>\n

the <\/p>\n

121st\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Assembly <\/p>\n

District, <\/p>\n

which <\/p>\n

includes <\/p>\n

parts <\/p>\n

of <\/p>\n

Broome <\/p>\n

County, <\/p>\n

Delaware <\/p>\n

County, <\/p>\n

Madison <\/p>\n

County, <\/p>\n

Chenango <\/p>\n

County <\/p>\n

and <\/p>\n

Otsego <\/p>\n

County. <\/p>\n

Follow <\/p>\n

Assemblyman <\/p>\n

Angelino <\/p>\n

on <\/p>\n

Facebook. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I\u2019m sure many of you don\u2019t need me to say this, but child care in New York, specifically…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188783,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1584,12734,1583,8140,1882,2623,12740,12733,12741,71008,9,11,10,49,51,50,12,12735,12736,322,12739,12737,52185,75720,12738],"class_list":{"0":"post-188782","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-care","9":"tag-chenango-county","10":"tag-child","11":"tag-classifieds","12":"tag-community","13":"tag-current-events","14":"tag-daily-newspaper","15":"tag-evening-sun","16":"tag-forums","17":"tag-needs","18":"tag-new-york","19":"tag-new-york-headlines","20":"tag-new-york-news","21":"tag-new-york-state","22":"tag-new-york-state-headlines","23":"tag-new-york-state-news","24":"tag-news","25":"tag-newspaper","26":"tag-norwich","27":"tag-obituaries","28":"tag-online-newspaper","29":"tag-oxford","30":"tag-rural","31":"tag-saving","32":"tag-sherburne"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}