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Eliminating income requirements, New Mexico will officially become the first U.S. state to guarantee free, universal child care
New Mexico’s governor just announced that the state is eliminating income eligibility requirements of its current child care assistance program — making it available to everyone.
The current program waives copayments for families with incomes at or below 400% of the federal poverty line, allowing them to pay little-to-no costs. Starting in November, that will apply to all families, regardless of income, making it the first universal free child care program in the United States.
The state estimates it will save families an average of $12,000 per child.
Even better: The state is already anticipating the rise in demand that will follow, and is investing millions of dollars to construct, expand, and renovate child care facilities to meet it. It’s also increasing reimbursement rates for facilities, and committing to pay entry-level staff a minimum of $18 per hour.
A nonprofit in Texas is paying young people to receive civic engagement training. A youth advocacy group created the new Leaders of Tomorrow program for young people between the ages of 16 and 24 who are paid $2,500 stipends to support their advocacy efforts. Their goal is to “elevate youth voices, specifically around policy work.”
Scientists throughout history have saved billions of lives with their inventions
After first learning about the COVID-19 outbreak in January 2020, researcher and career vaccine developer Sarah Gilbert started working on a vaccine. By the end of the year, it was approved and went on to save an estimated 6.3 million lives in just the next year.
While it can be difficult to estimate the exact number of lives that were not lost to a disease or health condition, there is no doubt that these inventions — and the team of scientists and helpers behind them — have saved so many, and prevented unquestionable suffering, overwhelmed health systems, and more.
Beyond vaccines, even inventions like synthetic fertilizer have helped prevent billions of people from dying from hunger, helping food production keep up with the population.
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