Katerina Barton

“the state pay 100% for the cost of childcare for kids up to 13”

“New Mexico is America's No. 2 crude oil producer”

“Back in 2020, New Mexico made a trust fund that earmarked some of that revenue for early childhood education.”

“It started with $300 million, and now that's grown to $11 billion.”

“since the state started, they say that they've added licensed childcare capacity for nearly 4,000 kids.”

“it was estimated that there were about 15,000 kids under the age of 6 in New Mexico who couldn't find childcare.”

“There are six counties that have the highest gap between supply and demand”

“the Early Childhood Education and Care Department that runs the program told me that they have this ambitious goal to close that gap in the next one to two years.”