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As the COVID-19 pandemic laid bare the inequities around early childhood care and learning, a $240,000 grant program gave 20 childcare providers a much-needed helping hand.
"My 91-year-old mother, Marguerite (Mugs) Bachhuber, came to live with my husband and me in May 2020 as a protective measure, knowing she was more vulnerable to the COVID-19 virus at the assisted living facility where she was staying, and the vaccine was not available yet," writes Jane Benson. "While she was with us, she decided on a “project” to bring her joy during the months of lockdown. Boxes of very old family photos came out, and the time travel began."