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title: Scholarships for child care are drying up. Now families are paying the price
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# [Scholarships for child care are drying up. Now families are paying the price](https://info.childcareaware.org/media/scholarships-for-child-care-are-drying-up.-now-families-are-paying-the-price)

 Written by [CCAoA](https://info.childcareaware.org/media/author/ccaoa) | Apr 9, 2025 4:37:25 PM

Associated Press

For parents who need to work but can’t afford the steep [cost of child care](https://apnews.com/article/daycare-child-care-college-degree-moms-ac72f1227844eae0281305835e07273b), federally funded scholarships can be a lifeline. Delivered through state child care assistance programs, the scholarships can mean the difference between a parent working full time — or not at all.

But qualified families increasingly are being turned away, thanks to the rising costs of child care and the end of pandemic-era funds, and some families that had scholarships have seen them end. In three states — Arizona, Colorado and Texas — parents who apply face long waitlists. Other states, including Nevada and Oklahoma, have increased copayments for parents or have said they will serve fewer children, according to the advocacy group [Child Care Aware of America](https://info.childcareaware.org/blog/federal-relief-funding-for-child-care-is-over.-now-what). In Idaho, enrollment was paused for part of last year.

[Read the full article. ](https://apnews.com/article/child-care-scholarships-federal-layoffs-1a0c569943fb606e4a0db7630ec4821a)

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