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NNPA NEWSWIRE — Home-Based childcare is essential because it meets the unique needs of certain families whose special requirements are not met in other care settings. HBCC services are often preferred by rural communities, families working nontraditional hours, families with babies and toddlers, Black and Latinx families, and families of children with special needs.

NNPA NEWSWIRE — On May 16, we will be closing our childcare centers for a day — signaling a crisis that could soon sweep across North Carolina, dismantling the very backbone of our economy

On Tuesday, Jamaican American Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke joined lawmakers and immigration advocates in urging the Joe Biden-led U.S. administration to protect Black immigrant communities during the lame duck session. The group expressed particular concern about how President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed immigration policies could negatively impact Black communities, as well as families of mixed immigration status