How Montana’s Corporate Welfare Built Empty Rooms While Parents and Teachers Paid the Price
By Jerry O’Neill
Read the complete article: INVESTIGATIVE REPORT- THE $7 BILLION SHELL GAME
HELENA — An investigation into the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) and state campaign finance records reveals a systemic diversion of federal funds intended to fix a crumbling childcare workforce. While the administration claims to be solving a “capacity crisis,” the data exposes a method of one time infrastructure payouts and corporate welfare that benefits wealthy tech firms and hospital conglomerates, while the general public and the actual workforce are left to foot the bill.
Clarification: The “$7 billion” figure refers to the total biennial budget of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS), not solely childcare funding. Childcare funding represents only a fraction of the department’s total budget authority
Read the complete article: INVESTIGATIVE REPORT- THE $7 BILLION SHELL GAME
