HIGHER WAGES: The Verner Center for Early Learning, which serves at least 232 children from infancy to age 5 each year, raised wages for its workers, thanks to the N.C. Child Care Stabilization grants ...

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For the past eight years in the small city of Waupaca, Wisconsin, Susan Elandt has been a fixture for dozens of families — taking care of their children, some as early as 4:45 a.m., so they can get to ...