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Homeless California Families get Help Finding Child Care [edsource.org]

 

By Zaidee Stavely, EdSource, September 3, 2019

For almost two years, Eva Morales moved from homeless shelter to homeless shelter. Sometimes she stayed with friends. On the worst nights, she slept in a friend’s car.

It was hard for Morales, but harder for her two small children, who had to adapt with each move, only to be uprooted again soon after. Her son, who is now 4, angered easily. He didn’t want to play with his 2-year-old sister and he refused to eat most of the food at the shelter.

That all changed when he started attending Head Start, a federally subsidized preschool program for low-income children.

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