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Your gift brings relief to those in childcare crisis.
Why Your Support Matters
At the Y, we serve thousands of children in our Before & After School and Early Learning programs. Under the previous CCDF model, a week of before-and-after-school care might cost a family $75, and the voucher would cover that full amount. But with the new cuts:
Many state vouchers will now cover up to 50% less, depending on age — leaving families responsible for the remaining balance.
For roughly 350 families who we serve, this gap is insurmountable. Many will be forced to reduce their schedules, leave jobs or lose care altogether.
To prevent that, the YMCA is stepping in: for the month of October, we will fully cover the difference for our affected families. We expect this to cost us about $22,000 per week across our community.
We know that a one-month patch isn’t enough. But we are committed to doing everything we can to sustain this support. Our fundraising goal is $750,000 to carry this support through the end of the school year, ensuring that no family served by our programs bears the burden of these state-level cuts.