新墨西哥州于2026年3月10日推出首个普及免费儿童保育计划, 免费照顾符合资格的家庭, 提高工人工资, New Mexico launched the nation’s first universal, no-cost child care program on March 10, 2026, offering free care to eligible families and boosting worker wages.

新墨西哥州已成为第一个实施普遍免费儿童保育方案的美国州, 州长米歇尔·卢扬·格里沙姆(Michelle Lujan Grisham)于2026年3月10日签署第241号参议院法案成为法律。 New Mexico has become the first U.S. state to implement a universal, no-cost child care program, with Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signing Senate Bill 241 into law on March 10, 2026. 该方案在五年内由国家110亿美元的幼儿早期信托基金供资最多7亿美元,为符合条件的家庭提供免费儿童保育,不论收入如何,只有经济压力下的高收入家庭才能共同付费。 The program, funded by up to $700 million from the state’s $11 billion Early Childhood Trust Fund over five years, provides free child care to eligible families regardless of income, with co-pays only for higher-income households under economic stress. 它还包括区划改革,以扩大提供商获得服务的机会,并为幼儿工作者制定6 000万美元的提高工资计划。 It also includes zoning reforms to expand provider access and a $60 million wage enhancement plan for early childhood workers. 到2026年3月,有42 000多名儿童登记接受儿童保育援助,国家预计每年为44 000名儿童提供服务。 Over 42,000 children were enrolled in child care assistance by March 2026, with the state projecting up to 44,000 children served annually.