Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Program - Funding

HB 1492 modifies the required annual funding for Maryland's Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Program. It mandates that the Governor include $450,000 in the budget for fiscal years 2023, 2024, and 2026, and $900,000 for fiscal years 2027 and 2028. This funding supports grants to help family child care providers start or expand operations through local programs administered by counties and child care resource centers. The bill specifically adjusts these annual appropriation amounts without changing the program's core purpose of assisting family child care providers in registered homes.