Many Voices One Valley

A Survey of the Mid-Hudson Region

A Look at the Counties:
Spending on Child Care
At the county level, at least half of all residents from Columbia, Dutchess, Putnam, and Ulster Counties think funding in the community for child care and early education programs is on target.  A plurality of residents of Orange County agrees.  48% of Orange County residents say that spending is about right.  

In Greene County, 49% of residents think spending on child care and early education programs is about right although 41% think spending in this area is too low.  

Residents of Sullivan County are much more divided on the issue.  42% think the money the community spends on child care and early education programs is too low, and 41% think it is about right.