Credit NPR Over 2,000 licensed child care centers and family child care homes in Kentucky will potentially benefit from federal funding received last month totaling $195.5 million for child care aid, an appropriation of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021. Governor Andy Beshear said , “The COVID-19 pandemic has created a crisis unlike any endured before on human services and has necessitated emergency measures that started nearly a year ago and will extend far into the future. This is why we are so appreciative of federal funding that will make a difference in every one of our commonwealth’s 120 counties.”