LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) – Josh Wigginton and his wife each went to work Friday. One dropped off daughter Nayeli at their childcare center, which transports the 7-year-old to school and back. The other parent picked her up after the work day.
It’s a longtime routine that nearly collapsed earlier in the week due to what Wigginton said was an unusually long delay by the state to reauthorize the family’s annual childcare subsidy.
“We’ve never had this problem before,” Wigginton said Tuesday, the day before they had to pay out of pocket or lose their spot at a Millard area childcare center. “An email to our caseworker came back undeliverable. I’ve been calling. I get hung up on. … I’m nervous.”
The parents said they started the reauthorization process more than two months ago and were perplexed at the wait and complications because a subsidy was built in as part of their…
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