Kathy Hochul today attended the official opening of Penfield’s new Irene Skalny Childcare Center to highlight a $20 million pilot program that would improve access to child care throughout Monroe County. Her visit follows a proposal to invest $4.5 billion toward universal child care statewide. The Irene Skalny Childcare Center, a YMCA child care center for children up to age 5, opened in October. Hochul’s latest announcements come as the state seeks to lay the groundwork for universal child care statewide. “My mission to deliver universal child care for all is a multiyear plan for the entire state,” Hochul says.