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Disproportionality in Subsidy Enrollment

From 2016 to 2021, subsidized child care programs have enrolled between 27 - 42 percent of the income-eligible population of children under 5 years of age in Washington State. Black/African American children have been consistently over-represented, while other groups have, in most years, been slightly under-represented to varying degrees.

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Racial/Ethnic Disproportionality Ratios for Child Care Subsidy Uptake, School Years 2016-2021

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