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Today, child care advocates and Democratic lawmakers said more funding is needed to address the child care crisis. Their message for Republicans comes just days before 2022-23 budget deadline.
A growing number of parents struggling to find childcare and childcare center executives say a staff shortage is the center of it.
Advocacy groups Start Strong PA and Trying Together said the child care crisis affects the whole economy.
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Lehigh Valley officials and leaders called for increased child care funding in the state budget at a panel discussion in Allentown.
Pennsylvania House of Representatives Speaker Bryan Cutler sat before a group of 14 3- and 4-year-old children in Bard Hall on Millersville University’s campus Thursday morning to read the “Inch