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Course correction needed for New Mexico universal childcare fund, legislative economist says

States Newsroom · October 22, 2026

The New Mexico Legislature’s chief economist told lawmakers this week that without adjustments, New Mexico’s early childhood trust fund will be unable to support the state’s new universal childcare program by 2048. The state created the Early Childhood Education and Care Fund in 2020 with an appropriation of…

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Course correction needed for New Mexico universal childcare fund, legislative economist says

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