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Alejandra Ros Pilarz on Wisconsin's high costs of child care

By Frederica Freyberg | Here & Now

August 11, 2023

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UW-Madison School of Social Work professor Alejandra Ros Pilarz explains the effects on communities when parents can't afford licensed child care and providers can't afford to pay staff living wages.

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