CHILD CARE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

I’m excited to share important news about a new program that many of our members may benefit from to offset the high cost of child care.

Earlier this year, thanks to NYSUT’s advocacy, Governor Hochul announced an investment in child care services through a special grant program administered by the Workforce Development Institute (WDI).

WDI launched the Child Care Scholarship Program to help working families with the high cost of child care. Under WDI’s program, applicants may qualify for $1000 monthly scholarship per child for full-time child care and $500 for part-time care, paid directly to child care providers. 

Scholarships are open to any resident of New York State outside of NYC who is working 10 hours or more or is in an education or training program, and whose income falls within the program’s income requirements [LEARN MORE HERE]. There may also be limited capacity and funding depending on your county of residence – applicants may be placed on a waitlist pending openings by region.

You can learn more about the WDI Child Care Scholarship Program, and see if your family qualifies, by visiting www.WDINY.org/CHILDCARE. Already, thousands of families in New York have benefited from this program, many of them NYSUT members.

This program is a direct result of NYSUT’s advocacy for our members in Albany. I hope you will benefit from it.

Union wins APPR reprieve

Gov. Kathy Hochul Friday signed a bill suspending, for an additional year, the Annual Professional Performance Review process. Advanced through grassroots advocacy from NYSUT members and lobbying by union legislative staff, the bill recently passed both the state Senate and the Assembly.

“As we come to the end of another school year that has been anything but normal, we welcome the governor’s decision to suspend the APPR process for another year,” said NYSUT President Andy Pallotta. “We will continue working with the legislature and the governor to address the APPR process.”