ALLEGHENY – Governor Josh Shapiro and Lieutenant Governor Austin Davis today highlighted how the 2025-26 budget Governor Shapiro signed into law last month takes critical steps toward making child care more accessible and affordable. Pennsylvania is facing a child care workforce crisis, with 3,000 unfilled jobs across the Commonwealth. Pennsylvania’s new state budget takes direct action to address that problem, with a new $25 million Child Care Staff Retention and Recruitment Program and a $7.5 million increase for Pre-K Counts rates to help providers raise wages and stabilize the early educator workforce.
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