Workers are job-hopping in search of better childcare benefits

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Pandemic-era childcare subsidies expired on Sept. 30, affecting over 200,000 childcare providers nationwide that depend on those funds to pay their workers. Without the support, over 70,000 centers are at risk of closure, forcing the parents of over 3.2 million children—and their employers—to bear the brunt of finding alternative solutions for childcare.