Mississippi Child Care

Mississippi is reorganizing how it provides federally subsidized child care to thousands of low income children, with the department of human services saying it’s trying to create a better integrated system that focuses on how well children are being prepared for kindergarten. According to figures collected earlier this year by the Mississippi low income child care initiative, the federally subsidized program then paid for care for 17,000 children, while almost 14,000 were on a waiting list pending funding. The proposal says every child will get an individualized plan and every family will be offered help by programs run by human services and other agencies including welfare, food stamps and health insurance for children. The plan envisions a transition period running to June 30.