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Advocacy groups Start Strong PA and Trying Together said the child care crisis affects the whole economy.
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On today’s program: The director of public policy from Trying Together explains how millions of dollars from the American Rescue Plan will support child care providers; we discuss whether workers whose employment is terminated because they don’t comply with vaccine mandates can collect unemployment benefits; and local poet Toi Derricotte considers how her work has changed others in light of receiving the Academy of American Poets’ Wallace Stevens Award.
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On today’s program: The state Department of Human Services plans to move some responsibilities currently handled by local Area Agencies on Aging to a private company, Maximus, despite concern from advocates and bipartisan coalition of legislators; Kurtis Menniti from Pittsburgh Community Services, Inc. explains how the organization’s pardon hub helps those previously incarcerated apply to clear their criminal records; and how compassion fatigue impacts educators and caregivers for young children.
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On today's program: Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner explains why he’s challenging the constitutionality of the state’s use-of-force law; Governor Wolf ‘s budget adds money to the state’s pre-school programs, but some worry it won’t be enough to support high -quality early learning; and a look at how the pandemic has upended kids’ social lives.
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On today's program: The executive director of Trying Together explains the state of the region’s child care industry, and how $303 million from the Wolf…
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Tracy O’Connell says 11 of the staff members at the child care center she directs went back to school this year to earn additional certificates and…