Cindy Ruiz
112:43 - 113:02
"my concern basically is just that we should continue, uh, funding these operational grants. More families are going to make difficult choices if we don't have these funds, including leaving children at home who are, you know, too young to be home really, and just relying on less stable and maybe potentially unsafe or unqualified child care centers."
“my concern basically is just that we should continue, uh, funding these operational grants. More families are going to make difficult choices if we don't have these funds, including leaving children at home who are, you know, too young to be home really, and just relying on less stable and maybe potentially unsafe or unqualified child care centers.”
- Speaker
- Cindy Ruiz
- Timestamp
- 112:43 – 113:02
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- July 21, 2026
From the transcript
So my concern basically is just that we should continue, uh, funding these operational grants. More families are going to make difficult choices if we don't have these funds, including leaving children at home who are, you know, too young to be home really, and just relying on less stable and maybe potentially unsafe or unqualified child care centers. So that's it. Thank you. Great, thank you.
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