{"id":9321,"date":"2026-04-28T14:13:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T20:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/?p=9321"},"modified":"2026-04-28T14:13:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T20:13:27","slug":"new-bill-to-strengthen-child-care-supply-support-workforce-participation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/new-bill-to-strengthen-child-care-supply-support-workforce-participation\/","title":{"rendered":"New bill to strengthen child care supply, support workforce participation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kansas employers routinely identify child care as a major barrier to hiring and retention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, only a small handful have taken advantage of the state\u2019s Child Day Care Assistance Tax Credit to expand child care options due to the statute being overly complex, narrowly tailored and difficult to navigate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are thrilled that <a href=\"https:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/accounts\/KSOG\/bulletins\/414cb07\">Governor Kelly and Kansas legislators approved revisions<\/a> to the statute that will make it simpler, more generous and far more useful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The changes increase the value of the employer child care tax credit, raise the annual cap credit and include a three-year carry forward, and expand eligible uses to benefit more families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These updates will allow employers to strengthen the local child care supply, support workforce participation and contribute to a more stable economy. This is a great win for child care in Kansas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">VIEW THE FACT SHEET<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Child-care-tax-credit-Final.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Child-care-tax-credit-Final_Page_1-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9323\" style=\"width:280px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Child-care-tax-credit-Final_Page_1-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Child-care-tax-credit-Final_Page_1-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Child-care-tax-credit-Final_Page_1-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Child-care-tax-credit-Final_Page_1-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Child-care-tax-credit-Final_Page_1-1583x2048.jpg 1583w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Child-care-tax-credit-Final_Page_1-scaled.jpg 1978w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">VIEW NEWS COVERAGE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/accounts\/KSOG\/bulletins\/414cb07\">News release from the Office of the Governor<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sunflowerstatejournal.com\/governor-signs-bill-expanding-child-care-tax-credits-for-employers\/\">Sunflower State Journal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pro.stateaffairs.com\/ks\/politics\/kansas-childcare-tax-credit-law\">State Affairs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kansas employers routinely identify child care as a major barrier to hiring and retention. However, only a small handful have taken advantage of the state\u2019s Child Day Care Assistance Tax Credit to expand child care options due to the statute being overly complex, narrowly tailored and difficult to navigate. We are thrilled that Governor Kelly &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":152,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9321"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9326,"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9321\/revisions\/9326"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}