FIGHTING FOR YOUR FUTURE: GOVERNOR HOCHUL ANNOUNCES CHILD CARE EXPANSION PILOT PARTNERSHIP WITH MONROE COUNTY AS PART OF STATEWIDE INVESTMENTS IN UNIVERSAL CHILD CARE

Governor Hochul: “So for the last four years as your Governor, we’ve invested $8 billion in building the infrastructure. Doing the training, increasing wages for the workers, giving them bonuses, having more curriculum to train more early childhood instructors and teachers and childcare providers.”

Hochul: “We are all together in making this the best place to raise a family, to get an education, to start a business and to live a prosperous life that you could have only dreamed of in the past. So that is my vision for the Rochester — Monroe County — Finger Lakes Region and all of you’re part of making that become real.”

Governor Hochul highlighted the State’s plan to partner with Monroe County, Dutchess County and Broome County in a new state pilot program to support counties in implementing additional child care options in their communities. This is all part of the Governor’s $4.5 billion investment to deliver statewide universal child care and make New York State the best and most affordable place to raise a family. This pilot program includes an investment of $60 million in State funding, along with new investments from each of the three counties, as they expand child care access with a particular focus on serving children 0-3. The Governor also joined a ribbon cutting for The Irene Skalny Childcare Center, a new YMCA child care center in Penfield that opened in October with the help of over $1.5 million in state funding.