Governor Kim Reynolds has signed a bill into law that makes a temporary state program that’s covered childcare expenses for about a thousand employees of Iowa childcare centers permanent.
Reynolds signed the bill at the Stepping Stones Child Care Center in Slater. Alura Gould is one of three employees there who’s getting the benefit that covers the cost of childcare for her own daughter.
The bill passed with the support of all but three members of the Iowa Legislature and makes state assistance for childcare workers permanent on July 1st.
Reynolds says in the past five years, the capacity at Iowa childcare centers has grown by more than 25,000 slots.
