Red states including Louisiana and Texas were shocked by the pandemic child care crisis—and are trying to help poor working parents for a change
Parents struggling to pay for child care in Texas and Louisiana are getting a boost courtesy of tax changes in their states.
Last summer, Derrika Richard felt stuck. She didnt have enough money to afford child care for her three youngest children, ages 1, 2 and 3. Yet the demands of caring for them on a daily basis made it…