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For children with disabilities, child care options are worse than ever

For parents of children with disabilities, child care shortages have always been a reality. ....

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Born in a pandemic

Sydney Capers with son Phoenix.
Sydney Capers of Springfield, 25 years old, gave birth to her son, Phoenix, last November. She was an early childhood education major in college, and nannied for special needs children. She has since worked at preschools and plans to go back to teaching once her son is ready for child care himself.
Phoenix struggled in his first months and is now gaining his strength. He is attentive and stylish in the cool clothes his equally hip mother picks out for him. He doesn t smile much, preferring to offer the world a steely, critical gaze. He arrived two months early, and spent nearly five weeks at the hospital in intensive care. ....

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The child care industry collapsed during COVID-19, so Biden's giving it $39B from the stimulus

The child care industry collapsed during COVID-19, so Biden s giving it $39B from the stimulus
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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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