New Mexico’s promise of free child care comes with a fiscal escape hatch
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CHhildren drawing after school inside one of the classrooms at the Children's Promise Centers child care center in Albuquerque, N.M., April 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)Children's Promise Centers employee Ashley Toledo oversees afternoon playtime at the child care center in Albuquerque, N.M., April 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)Little Corral Day School advertises free child care in Albuquerque, N.M., Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Savannah Peters)
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CHhildren drawing after school inside one of the classrooms at the Children's Promise Centers child care center in Albuquerque, N.M., April 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)
