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Parents who would otherwise participate in the workforce may find themselves leaving for years at a time because they either can't find or afford care for their children.
Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of stories on children that Jackie Hendry, producer and host of South Dakota Public Broadcasting’s "South Dakota Focus," will write for
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Considering South Dakota’s current historic rate of unemployment, any barrier to workforce participation is a matter of concern to the state’s economic future.