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Challenged Child and Friends hopes to benefit as Deal eyes funding for early child care
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Kids push in their chairs after class Thursday at Challenged Child and Friends in Gainesville. Gov. Nathan Deal is asking state lawmakers to support adding $5.5 million in reimbursements to high-quality child care providers to assist lower-income families and expand access to care so that parents can work or attend school. - photo by Erin O. Smith
One little boy smiles and makes eye contact with anyone who calls his name, blows kisses to his teacher and happily munches his lunch of macaroni and peas as visitors observe a classroom full of toddlers at Challenged Child and Friends in Gainesville. “Who has autism?” said Jamie Reynolds, executive director. “It’s him.