PA child care providers sound alarm, say more support is needed as federal COVID funding ends

During the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of millions in federal dollars was pushed out to child care centers in Pennsylvania. At a time when workers can make more in other jobs, providers and advocates say the child care shortage that existed before the pandemic will get worse if the government doesn’t step in.

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