HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) – More than 2,700 Alabama families need help paying for child care through a federal subsidy program, but a limited pool of funding has left them on a waitlist with no timeline for assistance.
Alabama’s child care subsidy program helps families pay for care while they work or attend school. Since May, most new applicants have been placed on a waitlist because of limited funding. When funding becomes available, it will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.
To qualify for the program, a family of four must make less than $58,000 a year…