Deadbeat State

Arizona's childcare subsidies are based on the 75th percentile of child care costs from the year 2000, which is the oldest rate but not the lowest percentile.It may come as no surprise that Arizona's child care policies are not great, but a new study shows the dollar amount that the Department of Economic Security gives to poor working families is based on the most outdated rates in the country. Arizona's childcare subsidies are based on the 75th percentile of child care costs from the year 2000