Slow state payments push child cares to the brink

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Elijah Rascon shoots hoops during play time at Lorenzo Family Child Care in Boyle Heights. Photo by Robin Estrin.

Last year, the state approved hundreds of millions of federal dollars to help child care providers through the pandemic. Eight months later, most payments haven't arrived.

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