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State governments are directing tens of billions of dollars to child care businesses in what experts say is an unparalleled investment in salvaging an industry that was devastated by the pandemic. The money is flowing through stabilization grants, funded by the latest round of federal coronavirus relief approved by Congress last year. All but four states and two territories have set up grant programs for those businesses, grants that child care providers can use to pay for anything from the rent on their facilities to the wages their workers take home. ADVERTISEMENT Most of the funding in the American Rescue Plan was earmarked for stabilization grants to ensure child care providers could stay afloat during the pandemic. But about $15 billion was earmarked for child care development funds, and some states, from Michigan to Georgia, have used that money to expand access to low-income families. “Loosening those restrictions, loosening those regulations to get states to address … [Read more...] about ‘Unprecedented:’ States invest in child care to recover pandemic losses

close Video Disabled veteran reacts to Virginia school labeling military children as privileged: It's 'unacceptable' Disabled veteran and Virginia father of four, Joe Mobley, joined 'Fox & Friends First' to discuss the 'privilege bingo' that labeled military children as 'privileged' at a Fairfax County school. Lawyers in northern Virginia have brought a lawsuit against the nation’s top public school over changes to its admissions policies which may discriminate against Asian American families. "Racial balancing was always at the forefront of what was going on here," Chris Kiesar, attorney for the Coalition for TJ, said of school’s new policies. In court papers, lawyers for the coalition cited text exchanges between board members in which one member says "there has been an anti-Asian feel underlying some of this, hate to say." Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria serves as a strong track to the Ivy League. … [Read more...] about Elite Virginia public high school discriminates against Asians to increase Black, Hispanic enrollment: Lawsuit