"Children Learning, Parents Earning, Communities Growing"
September 27, 2021 | Issue #39
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Child Care Field in a Worker Shortage Crisis
by Denyne Colburn, CEO of the California Alternative Payment Program Association (CAPPA)

WIthout question, the last 18 months have put a focus on the need for child care.

During the pandemic, "Essential Workers" were provided child care vouchers to secure child care so that they could report to work. During the discussion on the 2021-22 budget, billions were put into increasing access to child care by 110, 500 additional child care slots in the budget year increasing to 200,000 slots by year five. The reimbursement rates for providers were increased. But do all of these actions mean that there are not more issues to address in child care? Far from it.

Just recently, the Department of FInance put out what they reference as the "one-pagers." What most of California does not understand, is that it doesn't matter how much money you put into increasing the numbers of child care vouchers famlies can access if there are not enough family child care homes and centers adequately staffed to accept the new vouchers. The child care provider businesses are actively competing with other businesses and employers that are better resourced and can commit to providing more lucrative employee benefit packages.

Of the 110,500 slots allocated for FY 2021-22, roughly 46,000 are to increase slots in higher quality centers. Therein lies another problem. Centers across the state are experiencing high percentages of staffing shortages. These 46,000 additional child care slots are to be distributed to centers in April. From now until April, there are no upfront monies, aside from personal lines of credit, that centers can apply to get funding that will allow them to pursue hiring and training new staff or expanding classroom capacity. Yes, there will be a state grant that centers can apply beginning in January, however, funding decisions will not be made before April.

Therefore, in April, those centers that applied for grant funding and are notified that they will receive funding to begin planning and hiring can begin doing so. But what about the additional 46,000 center slots being distributed in April? If center based contractors are not provided before April monies to hire and expand classrooms, then the soonest that many centers can begin enrollment of new babies and children into center based programs may not be until June or July. What happens to those monies allocated for centers based child care slots in 2021-22? Well, unless there is some action taken when the legislature reconvenes in January, those monies allocated for center based care in FY 2021-22 must revert back to the state's General Fund (GF) on June 30 and potentially go out of child care entirely. Said another way; monies allocated for income eligible families to access center based care may never happen.

This week, I had the opportunity to have a candid converation with Senator Nancy Skinner, Senator Connie Leyva and Senator Sydney Kamlager. I shared with them my concerns noted above. I also shared with them some remarks heard from other legislators who felt enough was done to address child care last fiscal year and not to count on this issue of major importance in 2022. Thankfully, all three senators disagreed and committed to child care again being a top priority.

So what made me think about writing this submission, was that when we began talking about capacity in the child care and early learning world to support these new slots, providing real world input shared from centers unable to project and plan, the senators all noted concern. The message from the three senators was said loud and clear. Our field needs to inform and educate legislators about implementation of the legislative funding priorities. For instance, the allocation of 110,500 slots is historical. However, if we do not inform and educate legislators of the worker shortage, of the impact of staffing ratios and classrooms in our centers, then how are they supposed to know? These legislators are being bombarded with input from all industries. We cannot expect them to automatically connect the dots on issues we are living and breathing.

Therefore, effective immediately, CAPPA is working to put together impact information and data to share with these three senators as well as members of the Legislative Women's Caucus. Additionally, we are working on a format to share pertinent data with all legislators so that when they return in January, they are ready to again tackle child care.

If you are a family child care home provider or a center and can share what you are experiencing, please email CAPPA.
R&R Network and CAPPA Virtual Joint Conference-
Last Week to Register!
Preliminary Workshop Program Now Available!

Click Here to view the workshop program, with close to 70 workshops available and 3 keynote presentations. This platform will allow you to have access to more workshops than ever before!

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California’s premiere educational conference for the Child Care Resource and Referral and Alternative Payment Program field will be held virtually, October 6-7, 2021. The California Child Care Resource & Referral Network (R&R Network) and the California Alternative Payment Program Association (CAPPA) will be joining forces once again to build our capacity to impact the communities we serve all across the state. We invite you to take advantage of this special event to support early childhood education and promote your company and products at our joint conference. Our goal is to continue to ensure the safety of our members and attendees. To do this, we have once again decided that this year we will move forward with a virtual conference. Although we cannot be in the same physical location, assisted by technology, we can do all that. With no travel and flexibility, we look forward to new opportunities with our conference partners.

There are a variety of ways to sponsor The Virtual Conference or show your support. Whether you are interested in one of our many sponsorship opportunities, purchasing ad space in the Virtual Conference program or hosting an exhibit booth in our Virtual Exhibition Hall to showcase new products or launch promotions, there will be ample opportunity for your company to be recognized as a contributor to the Early Learning and Child Care field and for you to build visibility and connect with senior management and key decision makers.

Visit the Conference Web page  for more information and updates as they become available.
 
We hope you can join us virtually!
LEGISLATIVE SPOTLIGHT: ALL EYES ON AB865
WATCH: CAPPA CEO Denyne Colburn On the Critical Need to Enact AB 865
TELL GOVERNOR NEWSOM "SIGN AB 865". BECAUSE ALL WORKING FAMILIES DESERVE FAIR AND EQUITABLE ACCESS TO QUALITY CHILD CARE

AB 865 by Assemblymember Quirk Silva and prioritized by the Legislative Women's Caucus, is on the governor's desk pending an action. This bill requires that all families eligible for a child care voucher are provided a set guaranteed amount that they can purchase child are in any setting. This bill recognizes private pay policies for child care be based on a set enrollment cost that a provider can budget versus on whether the child shows up or not.

Currently, this provision that requires families be provided a maximum certificated amount justified by employment documentation is in place thanks to Executive Order N-45-20 and subsequent parts of the 2021-22 Budget. However, it is only in effect until June 30, 2022.

If AB 865 is not signed, then next July 1, families with unstable work hours must notify their child care provider that moving forward, there is no guarantee of a set monthly payment. This means that potentially tens of thousands of babies and children will be terminated from many high quality programs and relegated to a lesser level of care.

Tell the Governor to lift up equally our poorest families and allow each family fair access to high quality child care for their children. Do no further penalize some poor families for being poor.
How to Contact The Governor:
Tell Governor Newsom to Sign AB 865! To share your position on this important bill, click here to contact the governor. Where it says to "Please choose your subject" , click the down arrow until you see "AB00865/Childcare services..." You then will go onto the next page wherein you can ask the governor for his signature. Need help with the message, click here for a template you can make your own. You can also send an email noting "AB 865 - Please Sign" to Leg.Unit@gov.ca.gov. If you need any help communicating contact CAPPA.
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Legislators giving voice to the critical needs of child care
Cristina Garcia on the importance of AB 865 - Parity in Child Care for Working Families
Tweets of the Week
Action Alert from Partner Organization
Build Back Better Act Nutrition Investments
Sign-on Letter for National, State, and Community-based Organizations 

Deadline: Monday, September 27, COB  

Join hundreds of national, state and community-based organizations signing a letter to congressional leaders and the Biden administration urging them to protect the Build Back Better Act, especially the anti-hunger and anti-poverty provisions.  

Action Needed:  
1) sign your national, state, or community-based organization onto this timely letter, and 
2) share widely with your state and local networks urging congressional leaders to ensure that children have the nutrition they need to grow and thrive.   

Please note — national, state and community-based organizations only.
Deadline: Monday, September 27, COB  
Background: 
The House Build Back Better Act is a historic investment in critically needed anti-hunger and anti-poverty programs that would ensure children have access to the nutrition they need year-round during and after the impacts from the pandemic. 
 
This is a critical time to act — deliberations on the size and scope of the reconciliation package are occurring right now with House and Senate Democratic leadership and Administration officials. Any efforts to reduce the package could severely impact the effectiveness of the nutrition and anti-poverty provisions. We need congressional leaders to hear from organizations in every state, and in every community, that support for low-income children and their families is non-negotiable. 
Thank you for your support!

Questions? Email Ellen Teller (eteller@frac.org), Monica Gonzales (mgonzales@strength.org), and Robert Campbell (rcampbell@feedingamerica.org).  
Federal News
Over the past few weeks, House Committees have developed the individual components of the Build Back Better Act, which includes the $450 billion spending proposal for child care and early learning. The Build Back Better Act will ensure most families to not pay more than seven percent of their income on child care, a living wage for child care workers, facilities improvements, and affordable, high quality child care for families no matter where they live. Please see our $450B justification memo here for helpful talking points. Now that House Committees have finished drafting and voting on their portions of the Build Back Better package, the Act has been combined into a single piece of legislation. 

Last Thursday, Democratic leaders reached a framework agreement on a “menu of options” to pay for the reconciliation package. This is an agreement between House and Senate Democratic leadership and the White House. There aren’t many public details on what is on this menu of options, but it represents a step toward consensus and we are hopeful it may pave the way for a final agreement. 

Speaker Pelosi has stated that she intends for the House to vote on the package the week of September 27th. Please see this $450B justification memo here for helpful talking points and data and here for an explainer of what happened during markup.  
  That proposal included:
  • $225 billion investment to address the needs of child care providers and families
  • $220 billion to expand voluntary preschool access to all 3- and 4-year-olds
  • Large investment and expansion in Paid Family Leave
  • Permanent Expansion of Child Tax Credit
Read more here.
Treasury says U.S. child care system is a market failure

It’s a busy month in Washington, with deadlines on the debt ceiling and government funding. Plus, there’s the Joe Biden administration’s ongoing efforts to get Congress to pass that big infrastructure bill and a budget reconciliation package that includes more of the “human” infrastructure agenda.

To push that last bit along, the Treasury Department released a study on the child care industry Wednesday, arguing that the system is basically in a state of market failure, with significant consequences for the overall economy.
Just about any parent who’s been on a waiting list for day care or a child care center has experienced those difficult economics.

“I think it was in a state of market failure before the pandemic. And I think it’s in a state of market crisis now,” said Gina Adams, a senior fellow at the Urban Institute who has studied child care for years — and a parent herself who has dealt with it.

“The market failure is that we count on parents to pay for the bulk of the cost of child care, yet to provide good-quality care costs far more than many parents can afford,” she said. Click here to read remainder of story. Click here to read the US Treasury Report.
Article of the Week:

In 1971, the United States was a pen stroke away from passing universal child care. With bipartisan support, Congress passed the Comprehensive Child Development Act (CCDA) which would establish a nationally funded, quality child care network providing education, nutrition and medical services to every family that wanted it. Even more significant was that child care would be available to families on a sliding scale basis.

Read the full article here.

1.       Reconciliation Update  
Over the past few weeks, House Committees have developed the individual components of the Build Back Better Act, which includes the $450 billion spending proposal for child care and early learning. The Build Back Better Act will ensure most families to not pay more than seven percent of their income on child care, a living wage for child care workers, facilities improvements, and affordable, high quality child care for families no matter where they live. Please see our $450B justification memo here for helpful talking points. Now that House Committees have finished drafting and voting on their portions of the Build Back Better package, the Act has been combined into a single piece of legislation. 

Yesterday Democratic leaders reached a framework agreement on a “menu of options” to pay for the reconciliation package. This is an agreement between House and Senate Democratic leadership and the White House. There aren’t many public details on what is on this menu of options, but it represents a step toward consensus and we are hopeful it may pave the way for a final agreement. 

Speaker Pelosi has stated that she intends for the House to vote on the package the week of September 27th. However, we’re hearing that this process could extend beyond that target date. It is critical that the top-line numbers remain in place because those numbers directly impact how meaningful the investments in child care will be. 
Negotiations are still ongoing and there is a once-in-a generation opportunity to push for the biggest investment in child care and early learning in decades. Thanks, as always for your partnership: the child care field events calendar is here, the form to add an event to the calendar is here, and the updated talking points are here. 

2.       Child Care Workers are Quitting Rapidly, a Red Flag for the Economy and Why Hiring for Child Care is a Huge Struggle 
We wanted to highlight two recent articles that discuss the difficulty of hiring and retaining child care workers due to lack of federal funding for increased wages. The Washington Post reports child care centers across the country are struggling to stay afloat due to low staffing. Child care centers are struggling to compete with other industries as many centers cannot increase wages for their employees. The child care industry is down approximately 126,000 workers, faring worse than restaurants. Even worse, over half of minority-owned child-care centers are in danger of shutting down.  
As a result, 1.6 million mothers are missing from the labor force because of the difficulty of securing child care so that they may return to work. The core of this issue lies with the lack of sufficient pay many workers are facing in this industry, despite certificates and degrees. Wages for providers average less than $13 per hour and remains one of the lowest paid professions in the US.  
When we look at Why Hiring for Child Care Is a Huge Struggle, one of the big reasons is that child care for children too young for school and hours before/after school is operating at 88% of pre-pandemic capacity. This issue will likely continue as child care centers struggle to raise wages for employees . President Biden’s Build Back Better Agenda plan, among other things, would raise the minimum wage for child care workers to 15/hr, finally giving child care centers the edge to compete with other industries.  

3.       New Video + “The Build Back Better Act Would Greatly Lower Families’ Child Care Costs” 
Today, the Center for American Progress released a new column, “The Build Back Better Act Would Greatly Lower Families’ Child Care Costs.” In this column, they provide new data quantifying a typical household’s weekly cost savings if the Build Back Better Act were to pass. These new projections show concrete financial benefits for working families if public investments ensure a cap on child care costs for low- and middle-income families at 7 percent or less of their income.   
Additionally, the Center for American Progress released a new video, “Tell Congress: Families Deserve Affordable Child Care.”  The video shows how a lack of substantial, long-term funding for affordable, accessible, high-quality child care options means just 1 in 7 children who are eligible are receiving child care subsidies. While many families struggle to access care, those who are most in need of financial support aren’t receiving it. By diving into the child care affordability crisis, the video further makes the case as to why public investments in child care are sorely needed now.  
Congress has the opportunity to pass a bold, comprehensive solution to the child care crisis. The hope is that advocates will use the analysis provided to urge Congress to pass the Build Back Better Act to begin solving the child care crisis now.  
Please see below for key findings and messages from the column and video, an easy retweet, and sample social media copy. And feel free to share the video with your community.  

4.      Care Matters: A Report Card for Care Policies in the States 
The Century Foundation (TCF) has released a new report: "Care Matters: A Report Card for Care Policies in the States." In it, they analyze a range of care policies in all 50 states and D.C., and assign each state a letter grade based on their progress on adopting care policies. The scorecard demonstrates that, despite the best efforts of advocates and lawmakers and incremental progress made by states, in the absence of federal action, states overall have a long way to go to advance an equitable care agenda. Based on TCF’s grading system, no state received higher than a “B” grade, and a significant majority—35—of states received a grade of “D” or below. Five states, including West Virginia, received a grade of "F". 
The report shows how important it is that Congress and the Biden administration pass and sign into law the critical, long-overdue care investments that are part of the ‘Build Back Better’ agenda. 
TCF hopes you will help us uplift the report and its findings! Here is TCF’s social media toolkit.  

5.       The Kindergarten Exodus: Why, Where, and What We Can Do Now  
During the COVID-19 pandemic, approximately 1 million children (about the population of Delaware) did not enroll in school, many of which were low-income kindergarteners. Join Laura Bornfreund’s online seminar with four superintendents as they discuss the Kindergarten Exodus, challenges occurring in kindergarten and early grades. Conversations about how those issues are being addressed as well as what’s working will be held. This event will take place on September 28th, from 3:00 – 4:30 PM (EST).  
Most reviewed federal bills this week:

  1. H.Res.57 - Impeaching Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States, for abuse of power by enabling bribery and other high crimes and misdemeanors.
  2. H.R.4980 - To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that any individual traveling on a flight that departs from or arrives to an airport inside the United States or a territory of the United States is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and for other purposes.
  3. H.R.5123 - American Freedom and Internet Access Act of 2021
  4. H.R.3684 - Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
  5. H.R.1319 - American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
  6. H.R.6666 - COVID-19 Testing, Reaching, And Contacting Everyone (TRACE) Act
  7. H.R.3884 - MORE Act of 2020
  8. H.R.1996 - SAFE Banking Act of 2021
  9. H.R.133 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021
  10. H.R.4 - John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021

Click here to find and contact your representative in congress.
CDSS & CDE Information & Updates
Child Care and Development Quarterly Stakeholder Call 

The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) will host its next Child Care & Development Quarterly Stakeholder Call on Monday, Oct. 4th 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm. Please register for the event here. 
 
DSS has spent the first quarter of the 2021-2022 Fiscal Year integrating transferred programs into its operations and developing guidance related to the programs within the context of the State FY 2021-2022 Budget. Our webinar will outline the Department’s efforts to integrate programming and to gather feedback through provider focus groups and a survey among CDSS staff affected by the transfer.
 
Since the Department started planning for this transition over a year ago, your feedback has contributed to the development of the transition, how we engage our stakeholders, the drafting of the transition plan, quarterly reports, and the overall work behind moving this transition forward. We look forward to our continued collaboration and greatly appreciate your participation in our stakeholder calls.
 
In partnership,
Child Care & Development Division Team
Fall 2021 Quarterly Updates

We are pleased to announce that the Fall 2021 Quarterly Updates have been published and are available on our website. Please share this information with anyone that you feel would benefit.
CCLD has released a new Provider Information Notice: PIN 21-26-CCP: WEBINAR FOR CHILD CARE PROVIDERS

Primary Audience: ALL COMMUNITY CARE CHILD CARE PROVIDERS
Summary:
PIN 21-26-CCP Provides guidance and resources during the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic to support child care providers.
 
An electronic copy of PIN 21-26-CCP: is available for viewing/downloading by clicking on the following link:

The Department of Social Services (CDSS) Child Care and Development Division (CCDD) has recently posted the following document on its Internet website: CCB 21-11: Guidance to State Subsidized Early Learning and Care Programs on the Notice of Action, Parent Appeals.
The purpose of this communication is to notify contractors of the process for issuing the Notice of Action (NOA) to families, and the parent appeal process at the respective Departments beginning July 1, 2021.
CCB 21-09: Increase In Paid Nonoperational Days For Child Care And Development Providers.

The Department of Social Services (CDSS) Child Care and Development Division (CCDD) has recently posted the following document on its Internet website: CCB 21-07: Reimbursement Based on Enrollment Rather Than Attendance and Signature Requirements for Child Care and Development Programs Administered by the California Department of Social Services (CDSS).
The purpose of this Child Care Bulletin is to reiterate existing policy regarding paid nonoperational days available to child care and development providers, and to provide guidance and instruction related to the approval of 16 paid nonoperational days available to providers who have to close due to COVID-related reasons pursuant to Assembly Bill (AB) 131 (Chapter 116, Statutes of 2021).
CAPPA is committed to supporting our field with a coordinated calendar. Click here to see current calendar of events. If you have an event to add, email CAPPA and it will be added.
The Weekly Good
An uplifting way to start the week, for those of us who need a break from the chaos that is our lives.
During this time where we are all stressed, it would be great to celebrate the positive. Each week we will celebrate everyday heroes, inspiring movements and great things happening in our field. 
Cal Water donated $10,000 worth of new shoes to children in Bakersfield through CAPK and other child-focused non-profits.
Let us know what your organization is doing, we would love to feature you in the coming weeks!        
Family Engagement and Cultural Effectiveness Conference, October 20-22, 2021
Virtual & On-Demand

The 2021 Family Engagement and Cultural Effectiveness Conference is designed to celebrate the different cultures, traditions, and practices that are reflected in the modern family. In doing so, participants learn how to use the strengths and attributes of culture to aid a child’s own successful walk through the world. Our theme this year is Elevating Families: Exploring Justice, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
In this conference, nationally and internationally known practitioners, researchers, and motivational speakers share their knowledge, to teach us and to learn from us, about parent engagement through the lens of Justice, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
 
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September 2021 Featured Agency Highlight
Community based public and private Alternative Payment Programs (APPs) support the needs of working moms and dads with access to child care and other supports earmarked to lift families up from poverty. During the pandemic, these programs have distributed emergency essential worker child care vouchers, family child care and center stipends & PPE, diapers, food and clothing. Throughout California, these APPs may also support parental choice to CalWORKs Stages 2 & 3, preschool and center-based programs, general child care, After School Education and Safety (ASES), Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), Family Child Care Home Education Networks (FCCHENs), transportation, behavioral & mental health services, respite, regional centers, health and safety, 21st Century, resource libraries, and Trustline.

See how Bananas is highlighting how they are supporting the needs of family child care providers and families in their community in their 2021 Fall Catalog for Parents, Families and Child Care Providers.

How is your agency staying connected to your families and providers? Let us know!
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Visit the CAPPA Member's Only website for more information on this webinar series and other benefits available to CAPPA Members.  
CAPPA's 2021-22 Board of Directors
PRESIDENT
Gina Fromer
Children's Council of San Francisco 

VICE PRESIDENT
Karen Marlatt  
Valley Oak Children's Services 

SECRETARY
Kendall Hirai
Crystal Stairs, Inc.

TREASURER
Beth Chiaro
Child Care Resource Center

PAST PRESIDENT
Rick Richardson
Child Development Associates

PUBLIC POLICY CO- CHAIR
Leslie Reece
Family Resource & Referral Center

PUBLIC POLICY CO- CHAIR
Joie Owen
Glenn County Office of Education- Child and Family Services

MEMBERSHIP CHAIR
Jeanne Fridolfs
Napa County Office of Education

MEMBER AT LARGE
Michelle Graham
Children's Resource & Referral of Santa Barbara County 

MEMBER AT LARGE
LaVera Smith
Supportive Services Fresno

MEMBER AT LARGE
Martin Castro 
Mexican American Opportunity Foundation 

MEMBER AT LARGE
Tina Barna 
Catalyst Community

MEMBER AT LARGE
Jessica Kranz
Go Kids, Inc.

MEMBER AT LARGE
Mike Michelon
Siskiyou Child Care Council

MEMBER AT LARGE
Marco Jimenez
Central Valley Children's Services Network

MEMBER AT LARGE 
Tracey Strack
Child Action, Inc.

Denyne Micheletti Colburn
CAPPA CEO

The representation of the CAPPA board spreads across all agency types and sizes, and represents voices from nearly every region in California 
DSS & CDE Updates
September 23, 2021
Child Care Bulletin 21-11: Guidance to State Subsidized Early Learning and Care Programs on the Notice of Action, Parent Appeals
September 17, 2021
September 14, 2021
September 13, 2021
CCB 21-06: Revised Family Fee Schedule for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021-22
September 1, 2021
Child Care Bulletin 21-04: California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs) Stage One Child Care Reimbursement Report Revision
August 26, 2021
usage of the Desired Results Developmental Profile (DRDP) Modified Essential View for Implementing the DRDP for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021–22
July 20, 2021
Child Care Bulletin (CCB) 21-02: Fiscal Year 2021-22 Apportionments
July 1, 2021
Child Care and Development Transition Updates
April 29, 2021
Guidance Regarding the Extension of Temporary Emergency Childcare Services, Enrolling New Families in Temporary Emergency Childcare, Transition into Ongoing Childcare Services, and Assessment of Family Fees for Essential Workers and At-risk Populations 
April 16, 2021
-Management Bulletin 21-06: Updated Reimbursement Requirements for Alternative Payment Programs and Providers
-Management Bulletin 21-07: Updated Reopening and Reimbursement Requirements for Direct Service Contractors
March 19, 2021
Management Bulletin 21-05: Fiscal Year 2020-21 Program Self-Evaluation
February 2, 2021
Management Bulletin 21-04: California State Preschool Program Free or Reduced-Price Meal Eligibility Criteria to Enroll Four-Year-Old Children - REVISED
February 2, 2021
Management Bulletin 21-03: Revised Guidance on 12-Month Eligibility 
January 19, 2021
Management Bulletin 21-02: Guidance on Implementation of Program Quality Requirements during the COVID-19 Pandemic
January 13, 2021
Management Bulletin 21-01: COVID-19 Guidance regarding Local Planning Councils and California Resource and Referral Programs
January 13, 2021
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