2024 Advocacy Classroom Libraries 
Edsurge
MARCH 5, 2024
Without the historic level of operational funding that was distributed monthly to child care programs across the United States through September 2023, many providers are experiencing staff departures and shouldering rising costs, leading many to increase tuition for families and some to close classrooms — or worse, close their doors entirely.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 14, 2022
After schools went remote in 2020, Jessica Ramos spent hours that spring and summer sitting on a bench in front of her local Oakland Public Library branch in the vibrant and diverse Dimond District. The Oakland Reach, a parent-led advocacy group that works with underserved communities, also joined the partnership. OAKLAND, Calif.
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
She could work every day, take no days off, no breaks, cover classrooms. Classrooms will close first; day care hours will be cut to save on staff. So too will a second, much smaller pot of $15 billion in federal pandemic money that will run out at the end of September 2024. She was a single mom whose rent was rising.
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