For many parents, it was ‘a saving grace’. Now, California’s childcare subsidy is expiring
by Courtney E Martin, The Fuller Project from US news | The Guardian on (#69ZQS)
Pandemic relief initiatives helped lift many families out of poverty and now those programs have all but disappeared
Like many working mothers, the first months of the pandemic were a nightmare for Andria Kemp-Sellers. The state of California declared her husband's job at a sugar factory essential, so he continued to go in for 12-hour shifts. She stayed at home in Vallejo, juggling raising their three children and teaching 25 four- and five-year-olds online in Oakland.
The kids were eating me out of house and home because they were bored," Kemp-Sellers said, laughing. Eating became an event!"
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