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In WA and beyond, a child care crisis is holding parents back

Nicole Slemp, a new mother of seven-month-old William, holds her son in their Auburn home.  Slemp recently quit her job because she and her husband couldn’t find child care they could afford. Expensive, scarce child care is putting Puget Sound parents out of work.   226355

In Washington and across the U.S., child care programs can be prohibitively expensive, openings can be hard to find, and government assistance is limited. VIEW

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