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'We could start to move the needle': Iowa offers model for fixing Mass. child-care crisis

Samantha J. Gross

October 15, 2023 |

The Boston Globe |

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Response Location: United States, Iowa

After the COVID-19 pandemic weakened an already fragile child-care industry, Iowa created an incentive program offering grants to help businesses build their own child-care centers or purchase slots in existing facilities. So far, the state has awarded more than $75 million, which has helped create nearly 11,000 new child-care slots.

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