📣Make Some (More) Noise! 📣in support of good childcare policy!

With help from many advocates, a bill to improve the status of childcare in WV, HB 4191 passed the Legislature! 

There is now one final hurdle to the bill becoming law: The Governor has until April 4th to do one of 3 things:

1. Sign the bill into law

2. Let the bill become law without his signature 

3. Veto the bill (A veto would effectively kill this bill unless the legislature were to reconvene and override it.)

We want the Governor to choose option 1 or 2!

ACTION:

✳️ Call the Governor’s office at 304-558-2000 or write a comment in support of signing HB 4191 on the Governor’s website here: https://wv.accessgov.com/governor/Forms/Page/submitcomment-governor/contact-governor/1

Talking Points about HB 4191: 

HB 4191 helps to #solvechildcare by taking a broad approach to help families, employers and childcare workers:

• Adds tax incentives for businesses to sponsor or provide childcare for their workers. [Helps employers!]
• Requires that the state pay childcare subsidies based on the status of a child’s enrollment rather than a daily rate. This stabilizes the funding stream for childcare providers that serve lower income families. [Helps childcare providers!]
• Ensures that the government is using an accurate model to determine cost of care (right now they are paying a very low amount that doesn't cover actual childcare costs,) when paying subsidies in the future. [Forward-looking stability!]
• Gives power to the Department of Human Services which manages state childcare funding to reduce the cliff effect that families encounter when coming off of subsidized childcare [Helps families!]