Anne Vilen
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Anne Vilen
writes about child care, education, and mental health from her home in Asheville, North Carolina.
Anne Vilen
Expanded federal funding for child care ended Oct. 1, and in many cases, extended families, including grandparents, will shoulder the burden.
Direct payments to home-based child care providers can sustain them and the essential work they do to care for the children of working Americans.