Austin eyes grant to support home-based child care providers

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin city leaders are working to build out a grant program to help provide financial assistance for certain home-based child care providers, according to a city memo released last week.Austin Public Health and the city's Economic Development Department are recommending the new grant program be enacted, with the following eligibility criteria:
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