" In response to national interest in child care program integrity, the Department of Health and Welfare has been working closely with Gov. Brad Little to take additional steps to conduct heightened reviews of child care subsidies that were previously disbursed. The department has been actively redirecting staff since late December to scale up resources to continue to support these reviews and necessary actions, including provider termination when appropriate.  The department

Thank you to Eye on Elections for making me aware of this. Apparently, "ID-34-433 (aka HB 339), allows for mass data collection on Idaho voters, and also allows the SOS to arbitrarily share this data with any "states or groups of states" or private NGOs that he choses to, as long as it is intended for "voter integrity." This statute is a blank check to collect and share voter Data, and could be used as a basis for digital ID. But the SOS is using the code as an excuse to NOT

Hayden - I made a spreadsheet of all the license daycares in 83835 (Hayden), using the Transparent Idaho webpage and the Idaho Child Care Check webpage. According to the records from 2020 to 2024 - $2,859,332.28 in Trustee and Benefit Payments from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare were paid out. Out of the 30 daycares, 19 of them did not take any taxpayer money from 2020 to 2024. (63%) These totals do not include the CDA School District. I have emailed the Idaho Dep

CDA - Using the Transparent Idaho webpage and the Idaho Child Care Check webpage - I made a spreadsheet of all the licensed daycares in 83814 (Coeur d'Alene). According to the records form 2020 to 2024 - $16,261,308.04 in Trustee and Benefit Payments from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare were paid out. That is an average of $3.2 million per year. Out of the 38 daycares, 22 of then did not take any taxpayer money from 2020 to 2024. (57%) These totals do not include t