In the wake of hundreds of Montana child-care providers applying for federal Covid-19 relief funds, the Gianforte administration is making all $60 million available – but has yet to distribute any money, more than 10 months after Congress approved it.
The administration told MTN News it will send the first payments for child-care stabilization grants “in the coming weeks,” and that it’s budgeted funding for 926 providers.
The money from the American Rescue Plan Act, approved by congressional Democrats last March, is meant to bolster child care, to help people return to work during and after the Covid-19 pandemic.
Montana also has an additional $42 million from ARPA to aid child care, but the Gianforte administration said it’s still working on its plan to spend that pot of money.
By: Mike Dennison
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