Paying for Child Care

Paying for Child Care
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By Eva Cochran|Mon Cochran|Nancy Torp
Cornell University, College of Human Ecology

Unless you are very wealthy or very fortunate, paying for child care will take a big slice out of your family budget. Parents pay 70 to 75 percent of child care costs in the United States. Public schools, in contrast, are financed by taxes paid by families and individuals without school-aged children as well as those with children currently enrolled in school.

It is possible to get back part of what you pay for child care or to have some of those costs covered by public funds. Take advantage of these ways to save some money so that you can buy the best possible care for your child.

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