Tennessee child care options decrease as federal COVID relief money expires
Shelby County Schools students log in remotely from the YMCA’s virtual learning center in Cordova on the first day of school. (Courtesy of Jacinthia Jones, Chalkbeat)
Laura Faith Kebede
Laura Faith Kebede is a distinguished journalist in residence at the Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis. She leads the Institute’s Civil Wrongs project to write about historical cases of racial terror as a corps member for Report for America. You can follow her on Twitter @kebedefaith.
The Tennessee Department of Human Services child care assistance program for workers deemed “essential” during the pandemic expires Dec. 31. The state has no plans to renew the program.
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