KY's cut to child care assistance is steepest in nation

Citing lack of state funds, Kentucky is preparing to cut thousands of families off a program that subsidizes the cost of child care for working poor parents. Starting this spring, child care support will only be available to families with household income below $22,050. At that point, Kentucky will have the lowest threshold for child care assistance in the country. The change is expected to eliminate child care support for almost 9,000 families statewide, or about one third of the families who currently benefit from the program.