S1203 provides $28,025,000 one-time for childcare grants. Additionally, this bill also includes a reduction of $14,394,000 to the Department of Health and Welfare in the Division of Welfare.
The Idaho State Senate passed S1203 on March 27, 2023 by a vote of 21 to 14. We have assigned pluses to the nays because it is not the government’s or taxpayers’ responsibility to fund everyone else’s childcare. This type of grant resembles socialism by subsidizing childcare, which interferes with the free market economy.