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The reopening plan that Massachusetts governor Charlie Baker announced this week won’t help Elle Balabanis get back to work any time soon.
Balabanis, a sales representative for a biomedical company, had to slash her hours when her 4-year-old’s day care in Newton, Massachusetts, shut down in March. Governor Baker has closed child care centers for everyone but essential workers until the end of June and the state is still developing guidelines on how to open them back up.
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