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Parents are quitting jobs, passing on raises — to qualify for child care

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The program has never been funded at the level that it needs to be to be able to meet the need, said Rachel Wilensky, a senior policy analyst at the Center for Law and Social Policy. Do we pay our providers more and serve fewer [families] or serve more families and pay our providers less? I think of it as a whack-a-mole problem.

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1 in 5 child care workers is an immigrant. Trump’s deportations and raids have many terrified

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These early educators are dedicating themselves to providing one of the most essential and impactful services to young children across the nation. Our free early childhood education newsletter tracks the issues. We can only expect that this is going to further devastate the entire early care and education ecosystem.