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OPINION: Home-based child care providers deserve better pay, working conditions and respect

Congress is considering President Joe Biden’s historic plan for transforming our social safety net, including the grossly underfunded care economy that includes the elderly, the disabled and young children. All sectors of the care economy need more resources, but caregivers working as home-based child care providers, who are disproportionately women of color, need the most. […]