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SANTA FE – On Thursday, July 1, the Early Childhood Education and Care Department (ECECD) will announce a significant increase in its child care assistance rates. New Mexico is the first state in the nation to receive approval from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Child Care to use a cost estimation model to inform its child care assistance rate setting. The District of Columbia has also received this approval.