By Elizabeth Palley

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Such support scratches the surface of the reinforcement that child care operators will require to survive the pandemic. The whole child care system needs $9.6 billion each month to sustain itself through the crisis, according to an analysis from the nonprofit Center for Law and Social Policy. That figure would include emergency child care for roughly 6 million children of essential workers, full pay for child care workers, and prep work for full reopening, among other provisions, the analysis shows. 

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