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How a Collaboration in New Jersey is Improving Child Care
New Jersey claims a long, proud history of collaboration between state government and the child-care community.
For more than 20 years, child-care advocates and the state’s child-care licensing office have worked together to utilize cutting-edge science about infant-toddler development to inform policy decisions. Read more about New Jersey’s example by downloading the full article.
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