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States will share $2.3 billion in federal stimulus money to pay for child care programs and help less fortunate people get needed vaccinations, Vice President Joe Biden announced Thursday.
Biden said $2 billion will be available to the Child Care and Development Fund to help states pay for child care for more parents who are working, looking for work, getting job training or furthering their education.
"Across the country parents are worried about finding a job or just keeping the job they have," Biden told reporters at the start of a regular meeting with Cabinet secretaries and their designees on how stimulus money is being spent.
"They shouldn't have to worry about finding affordable, quality day care. A lot of parents who have jobs, that's their major concern," he said.
Another $300 million in money and grants is being made available to help less fortunate people get vaccinations.
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- reprinted from the Associated Press