West Virginia child-care law remains partly unimplemented

West Virginia’s Department of Human Services has not implemented the bulk of an enacted child-care law despite a July 1 deadline, WCHS reports. The law expanded a child-care tax credit for businesses and directed the state to reimburse providers serving children through the child-care subsidy by total enrollment rather than daily attendance. The governor’s office told West Virginia Watch that the delay resulted from a lack of funding for required technology upgrades. DoHS implemented one part of the law this week, changing how the state calculates afterschool child-care time for provider billing. WCHS reports that more than 28,000 children lack access to care because providers do not have enough available slots. The enacted law has produced one operational change, while its other provisions remain unresolved.