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One State Rolled Out a Promising Child Care Model. Now Others Are Replicating It.

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The cost-sharing model, in which the state government, the employer and the employee each pay for one-third of the cost of child care, first launched in 2021 in Michigan , where it is furthest along. Meanwhile, Kentucky’s pilot launched in July 2023, while North Carolina’s is in the design phase and on track to start this summer.

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Could Michigan’s Cost-Sharing Approach to Child Care Be Scaled Nationwide?

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Tri-Share is projected to reach 7,500 children across 5,000 households statewide by 2028, according to a five-year plan released by the Michigan Women’s Commission. “I think it’s going to explode,” Bergman says, adding that she’s in conversation with leaders from big companies like General Motors and Henry Ford Health.

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