Tax payer paid childcare is known for its low quality. There was an article in The Economist about it.

Where though? It isn't the case here in Sweden, it's pretty great.

Not in Germany, though.

This hasn’t been my personal and 2nd hand experience.

That sounds like a distribution problem. They should mail out checks and let the parents decide how to utilize it: au pair, group childcare home, professional daycare facility, paying grandma to stay in the third bedroom.