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Frontline workers in the coronavirus need dependable child care

By Stephanie Dolivera
Penn Live

Finding and affording quality child care was a problem prior to this current crisis - often serving as a barrier to employment for many potential workers. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation recently estimated the economic cost of insufficient child care in Pennsylvania to be $3.5 billion annually.

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Pennsylvania child care centers at ‘breaking point’ due to mandated COVID-19 closures

By Kate Giammarise
Pittsburgh Post Gazette

The system is “truly at a breaking point,” said Cara Ciminillo, executive director of Pittsburgh-based advocacy organization Trying Together, speaking Tuesday on a conference call with reporters.

Providers are being hammered by a combination of an already fragile infrastructure and staffers who often earn low wages…

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