Managing Attorney Vicky Taplin Testifies Before the DC Council on Barriers for Caregivers to Access the Child Care Subsidy

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Ms. Taplin testified that the DC State Superintendent of Schools that administers the DC child care subsidy program restricts access to caregivers who have a custody order, thereby excluding caregivers who are acting “in loco parentis” to children, as permitted by federal law.

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