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Daily Archives: September 5, 2024

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Family Child Care Educators Are Not Babysitters: A Call to Action for Our Nation’s Child Care System

BlogBy NAFCCSeptember 5, 2024

By Erica Phillips As summer winds down and traditional schools reopen, countless families nationwide continue to rely on home-based child care programs for young children not yet of school age and to fill the gap before and after school. Family Child Care (FCC), also known as home-based child care, is a curated environment where early…

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