A group of government, community and business leaders will meet weekly for the next six weeks to come up with long-term solutions to increase public safety.
Optimizing Distribution of American Rescue Plan Funds To Stabilize Child Care
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Author’s note:
For the purposes of this issue brief, the term “child care programs” includes family home-based child care; child care centers; and nonprofit, for-profit, and franchise centers. The author interchangeably uses the terms “providers” and “early educators” when referring to the child care workforce, many members of which double as small business owners offering child care services.
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âThe cohort itself was amazing. Just the people in there, the connection alone goes a long way. â Shavanna Spratt, Neighborhood Leadership fellow Photo by Wiley Price / St. Louis American
Even after nine months of leadership training through the Neighborhood Leadership Fellows, Shavanna Spratt says she still feels like an ordinary, everyday person. The difference now is sheâs prepared and ready to take action to make Ferguson a better place.Â
âI think that s what makes my situation even more special, because that s kind of where I am now, fighting for people, the everyday, average person, to speak up and be involved and to be encouraged to get in their communities and do some work,â Spratt said in an interview..