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# [Here's where voters approved a tax hike to help pay for child care](https://info.childcareaware.org/media/heres-where-voters-approved-a-tax-hike-to-help-pay-for-child-care)

 Written by [CCAoA](https://info.childcareaware.org/media/author/ccaoa) | Nov 8, 2024 2:47:13 PM

NPR

Child care was on the ballot in several cities and counties across the country.

In Austin, Texas, where voters weighed whether to raise property taxes, advocates noted that a year of child care costs more than a year of tuition at the University of Texas at Austin.

In Sonoma County, Calif., where a new sales tax was on the ballot, a year of infant care can cost more than a year at the University of California, Berkeley. And still, demand is high. A [report](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xAETmxI5XcsYTYHegEi0TwfFAkix-2zw/view) found the pandemic had decimated the county's child care workforce to such a degree that it was left with just over half of the child care slots it once had.

Meanwhile, in a statement early Wednesday, [the advocacy group Child Care Aware of America](https://www.childcareaware.org/state-policy-dashboard/), urged the incoming Trump administration and Congress to work toward broader solutions.

"The American people have resoundingly called for — both before and during the election cycle — affordable, accessible, quality child care solutions," wrote the organization's CEO Susan Gale Perry.

[Read the full article. ](https://www.npr.org/2024/11/06/nx-s1-5178079/2024-election-child-care-tax-austin-sonoma-st-paul)

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