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Resources for Rural Child Care | Alaska Insight

Season 2024 Episode 7 | 26m 46s

Nearly every community in Alaska faces a shortage of child care, but in many rural communities, there are little to no options at all. On this episode of Alaska Insight, host Lori Townsend is joined by Bridie Trainor, child care program director for Kawarek, and Kery Delsignore, the prinicipal of Tuluksak school, to discuss what communities need to make child care effective and affordable.

Aired: 11/02/23
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