California Parents on Waitlist for Subsidized Childcare Anxious Over Proposed Budget Cuts 30.4%
KQED - By Daisy Nguyen - 6/4/2026, 9:00 PM
Negativity Bias 28% - Anecdotal 26.6% - Appeal to Emotion 20.6%
Ever since her 1 ½-year-old son was born, Carmen Perez has been waiting for a subsidy to help with childcare. The Novato mom said she didn’t have to wait this long a couple of years ago when she needed to enroll her daughters in preschool. In 2021, California increased funding for subsidized childcare with the goal of paying for more... more