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Paying for child care shouldn’t be this hard | Opinion

I’ve been interviewing struggling Philadelphians for decades. “I can’t go to work Monday,” one mother told me. “I have no money to pay the day care.”

Kori Yancey holds Carter Daily, 2, while his mother, Erica Carter (left), looks on at Carter’s apartment in Lansdale, Pa., on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. Along the Way, a nonprofit based in Montgomery County, provides overnight day care for women who work night shifts.
Kori Yancey holds Carter Daily, 2, while his mother, Erica Carter (left), looks on at Carter’s apartment in Lansdale, Pa., on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. Along the Way, a nonprofit based in Montgomery County, provides overnight day care for women who work night shifts.Read moreHEATHER KHALIFA / Staff Photographer
    by Joan Maya Mazelis, For The Inquirer
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