Funding for child care, or lack of it actually, dominated the discussion at the Board of Supervisors public hearing Monday morning on the FY 2006 Carryover Review of the budget. The Child Care Assistance and Referral (CCAR) program provides access to safe and affordable child care for low-income, working families. An estimated 1900 children are at risk of being “disenrolled” by mid-October because of funding reductions at the federal and state levels.
