Arizona’s childcare waitlist is growing rapidly. $160 million is needed to catch up, advocate says

“Nonprofits like Children’s Action Alliance have been urging leaders to make funding childcare a priority in budget negotiations that are happening now. Kyrstyn Paulat is the director of early learning and education with Children’s Action Alliance, and she joined The Show to talk about it. We are going through budget negotiations right now, that is why early childhood advocates are really stressing the need for not just the support of that $45 million, but for us to fully fund the Childcare Assistance Program, we need $160 million.”