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The child care industry collapsed during COVID-19, so Biden s giving it $39B from the stimulus
Courtney Subramanian, USA TODAY
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Childcare workers Rubi Castaneda-Dawod, left, and Yolanda Gonzalez work with children in a classroom at the United Community Center s new Early Learning Academy on West Becher Street in Milwaukee. The UCC s new Early Learning Academy facility, which has been in the works for almost two years, is now open and operating.
WASHINGTON – The Biden administration released nearly $40 billion of the administration s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package to confront what President Joe Biden called an “acute, immediate child care crisis,” distributing money to help providers pay their rent and rehire workers made jobless by the pandemic, as well as make child care more affordable for low-income families.  ....

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