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Columbia Missourian

Missouri ranks near bottom in child care aid

By The Associated Press
September 30, 2009 | 9:16 a.m. CDT

JEFFERSON CITY — A new report finds that Missouri is one of the stingiest states in the nation when it comes to providing child care subsidies to low-income workers.

To qualify for child care aid in Missouri, a single parent with two children must earn less than $22,620 a year.

The National Women's Law Center said that income threshold places Missouri in the bottom five states nationally.

A majority of states provide child care aid to families earning well over $30,000 annually.