Record high waitlists for child care assistance have shut women out of work, promotions
The morning after Edythe Smith gave birth to her daughter, she got some bad news. State funding for a government program that helps low- and moderate-income families pay for child care had just been frozen in Syracuse, New York, where she lives. Smith is a single parent who works full time from hom

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The morning after Edythe Smith gave birth to her daughter, she got some bad news. State funding for a government program that helps low- and moderate-income families pay for child care had just been frozen in Syracuse, New York, where she lives. Smith is a single parent who works full time from hom</p>