The Bello administration estimates the change could save families $560 per year.
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Dinolfo talks up county spending on children and families
County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo’s proposed 2020 budget includes $560 million for social services and other programs for families and children. But half of that funding comes from the federal and state governments.
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Dinolfo releases her 2018 budget
County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo’s 2018 budget is a bit of a knuckleball. Every year for the past several, as Dinolfo and her predecessor, Maggie Brooks, have prepared to release their budgets, advocates would ramp up efforts to pressure the execs into boosting funding for programs that help vulnerable children. Child care funding has been a […]
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Dinolfo budget leaves tax rate unchanged
County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo’s first budget proposal is about what was expected: the $1.2 billion plan keeps the county tax rate flat at $8.99 per $1,000 of assessed property value. When Dinolfo ran for county exec last year, she promised to freeze the rate — a practice also followed by her predecessor, Maggie Brooks. That […]
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Dems: Increase county child care spending
The county has, over the past five years, cut the amount it pays toward child day care subsidies by approximately $2.6 million. County Legislature Democrats today asked County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo to put back $1 million of the funding in her upcoming 2017 budget proposal. The ask echoes a request from the Children’s Agenda, which […]
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Religious leaders call for increased child care investment
Child day care subsidies are widely viewed as one of the most effective ways to help struggling parents work and build better lives for their families. And a group of Rochester-area faith leaders is calling on the next Monroe County executive to restore cuts to and boost the county’s investment in child care programs. The […]
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The State of Monroe: what Brooks didn’t say
The county executive highlighted collaboration, finances, and economic development. But what about child care needs and luxury-housing tax breaks?
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CGR updates child care subsidy report
The number of Monroe County children receiving subsidized day care decreased between 2007 and 2013, and the incomes of families receiving the subsidies are also trending downward, according to an updated analysis from the Center for Governmental Research. CGR released its initial analysis of Monroe County child care subsidies in November, and the report identified several […]
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Styk defects, joins Legislature Dems
County Legislature Democrats have poached a member of the Republican caucus. This morning, Democrats announced that Republican Legislator Dorothy Styk will switch her party enrollment and will caucus will their side. That means that Democrats will control 11 of the Legislature’s 29 seats. Styk, whose district covers parts of Perinton and East Rochester, was appointed […]
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Coalition: State should consider poverty when awarding money for child care
Late last week, a group of local government, business, and labor leaders known as the Rochester Community Coalition released its annual Community Agenda. The list spells out what the leaders want from Albany. Much of it should be familiar: a change in the state aid formula for municipalities, money for the Hillside Work-Scholarship program, and […]
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Brooks budget reduces funding for day care subsidies
Monroe County Maggie Brooks says she expects to take heat for decreasing county funding for day care subsidies in her 2015 budget proposal. Brooks presented the proposal tonight. As part of Brooks’s $1 billion-plus plan, the county would spend approximately $42 million on child care programs. But most of the money would come from state […]
