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

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 15, 2024

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. After receiving the dispiriting news, Funes, who has a bachelors degree in psychology, left her job. I think of it as a whack-a-mole problem.

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We know how to help young kids cope with the trauma of the last year — but will we do it?

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 25, 2021

We will see the short-term impacts,” said Cynthia Osborne, director of the Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center at the University of Texas at Austin. “We We need psychological support, we need help with our kids. We will see kids show up to kindergarten feeling less secure, needing more assistance and more services.

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

We know how to help young kids cope with the trauma of the last year — but will we do it?

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