In California, subsidized child care is chronically underfunded

San Diego News Fix by San Diego News Fix

Jan 18, 202300:14:22News & Politics

State-subsized child care often does not cover the true cost of child care. That's the top-line finding from the second report in a new series about child care from U-T reporter Kristen Taketa.

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