Helen Blank

National Women's Law Center

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Director of Child Care and Early Learning at the National Women's Law Center

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For new parents all over the country, rising costs are making day care unaffordable even when both mothers and fathers are working.

Working Parents Can't Have It All: Can Government Help?

For new parents all over the country, rising costs are making day care unaffordable even when both mothers and fathers are working.

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