NORWICH – More state aid is on its way to support child care assistance programming in Chenango County.

The Chenango County Board of Supervisors has approved an additional $200,000 in New York State aid to the county’s department of social services to assist locals with daycare expenses.

New York State child care assistance is allocated based on a formula that takes into account rollover funds of individual counties from the previous year, in addition to a 2022 state measure that expanded household eligibility for subsidies up from 200 percent to 300 percent of the federal poverty level.