Rathdrum - I made a spreadsheet of all the license daycares in 83858 (Rathdrum), using the Transparent Idaho webpage and the Idaho Child Care Check webpage. According to the records from 2020 to 2024 - $2,717,308.34 in Trustee and Benefit Payments from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare were paid out. Out of the 20 daycares, 11 of them did not take any taxpayer money from 2020 to 2024. (55%) This amount does include the Lakeland Joint School District No. 272. I decide

" In response to national interest in child care program integrity, the Department of Health and Welfare has been working closely with Gov. Brad Little to take additional steps to conduct heightened reviews of child care subsidies that were previously disbursed. The department has been actively redirecting staff since late December to scale up resources to continue to support these reviews and necessary actions, including provider termination when appropriate.  The department

Hayden - I made a spreadsheet of all the license daycares in 83835 (Hayden), using the Transparent Idaho webpage and the Idaho Child Care Check webpage. According to the records from 2020 to 2024 - $2,859,332.28 in Trustee and Benefit Payments from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare were paid out. Out of the 30 daycares, 19 of them did not take any taxpayer money from 2020 to 2024. (63%) These totals do not include the CDA School District. I have emailed the Idaho Dep

CDA - Using the Transparent Idaho webpage and the Idaho Child Care Check webpage - I made a spreadsheet of all the licensed daycares in 83814 (Coeur d'Alene). According to the records form 2020 to 2024 - $16,261,308.04 in Trustee and Benefit Payments from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare were paid out. That is an average of $3.2 million per year. Out of the 38 daycares, 22 of then did not take any taxpayer money from 2020 to 2024. (57%) These totals do not include t

Using the Transparent Idaho webpage and the Idaho Child Care Program webpage - I made a spreadsheet of all the licensed daycares in 83854 (Post Falls). According to the records from 2020 to 2024 - $27,841,865.08 in Trustee and Benefit Payments from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare were paid out. That is an average of $5.5 million a year. Out of the 79 daycares, 41 of them did not take any taxpayer money from 2020 to 2024. (51%) I have emailed the Idaho Department of

"The Idaho Child Care Program (ICCP)provides assistance to low income families to help pay child care costs. The purpose of the program is to support families working toward or maintaining employment." Is this the proper role of government? On one hand I agree that helping low income people get employment is a good thing. On the other hand it looks like the government is subsidizing private industry. What are your thoughts on this?

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