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Mar 10, 2021

$40 billion for child care

We break down where funding in the COVID relief package is directed, including aid for child care and money for restaurants. Plus, Black-owned businesses in Nashville, Tennessee, hope to capitalize on tourist foot traffic in one of the city’s most iconic business districts.

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Nearly $15 billion would help fund child care for low-income families, and about $24 billion would go to child care providers to help cover operating expenses.
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COVID relief package includes $29 billion in grants for pandemic-hit restaurants
Marketplace’s Marielle Segarra reports.
COVID relief package includes about $40 billion in child care funding
by Samantha Fields
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The bill includes money to help cover providers’ operating expenses, as the sector tries to recover from pandemic losses.
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Nashville’s iconic Lower Broadway gets its first Black-owned businesses
by Ambriehl Crutchfield
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Prince’s Hot Chicken Shack and Slim & Husky’s Pizza Beeria hope to draw tourists on a street that’s hosted events like CMA Fest.
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David Brancaccio Host
Victoria Craig Host, BBC
Stephen Ryan Senior Producer, BBC
Jonathan Frewin Producer, BBC
Daniel Shin Producer
Jay Siebold Technical Director
Meredith Garretson Morbey Senior Producer
Alex Schroeder Producer
Erika Soderstrom Producer
Rose Conlon Producer
Brian Allison Technical Director

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$40 billion for child care

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Segments From This Episode

COVID relief package includes $29 billion in grants for pandemic-hit restaurants

COVID relief package includes about $40 billion in child care funding

Nashville’s iconic Lower Broadway gets its first Black-owned businesses

Music from the episode

The Team