(Des Moines, IA) — Governor Kim Reynolds is awarding 36-point-six-million dollars in child care grants that she says will create nearly 52-hundred new child care slots.
The grants will fund 108 projects in 72 Iowa communities and will be matched with nine-point-seven-million dollars in private local investment. Reynolds said in a statement, “projects funded through this program will help alleviate the burden of finding child care for families and give more Iowans the opportunity to return to the workforce while create a lasting impact on children, parents, and communities all throughout the state.”
Reynolds’ office says Iowa leads the nation in the percentage of households where both parents work, but 23 percent live in areas lacking an adequate supply of child care.
