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Press Releases • November 10, 2010

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Contact: Phoebe Silag or Karen Conner, news@epi.org 202-775-8810

U.S. public funding on formal childcare for children below the age of three lags far behind most of the developed world. In today’s Snapshot, from EPI’s forthcoming State of Working America website, a graph shows public spending on this kind of childcare in 14 developed nations. CLICK HERE for graph and more.

EPI’s latest edition of The State of Working America (SWA) will be published online in January.

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