By Yvette Walker

Excerpt:

The report notes that Kansas’ child participation rates lag behind both the national average (9.5%) and in the region. “In 2020, Oklahoma (12.9%) and Missouri (9.6%) served a higher proportion of potentially eligible children (based on federal income guidelines), while Kansas’ participation was comparable to Colorado (7.1%) and Nebraska (6.9%). (The Center for Law and Social Policy) estimates that roughly 31.9% of Kansas children under age 13 (roughly 158,973 children out of nearly 500,000) were potentially eligible for child care subsidy.

Read in the Kansas City Star here.