NJCCA Call For Increased Subsidy Payments from NJ Department of Human Services
New Jersey Child Care Association executive director Curt Macysyn called upon the commissioner of the state Department of Human Services to increase New Jersey's subsidy rate for these CCDBG vouchers, which has not increased since 2008, a situation that Macysyn called "inexplicable." The letter calls upon acting commissioner Elizabeth Connelly to submit an increase in the department's Fiscal Year 2017 budget.
Macysyn wrote, "I respectfully ask that you increase the child care voucher payment rate at least to the federally recommended level of 75 percent of market rate and increase the total amount of funding for vouchers in your FY 2017 budget. By doing so, private providers who accept this subsidy can continue to provide educational opportunities to at least the same number of children and working families."