Child and family services articles
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‘Shelbourne really has held our family together. Families come and go in football terms, but Shels is a family. The league is a family’
Brothers Eric and Maurice Frazer gaze out across Tolka Park as the groundsman is putting the finishing touches to the pitch. It’s Friday night, it’s Shelbourne against St Patrick’s Athletic and a big derby awaits on Dublin’s northside.
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Families struggle with increasing child care costs
With child care costs often surpassing housing costs, many American families are struggling to finance day care for their children while they work. The burden has driven some families to take drastic measures. NBC News' Christine Romans reports.
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Child tax credits are at risk and that's bad news for families
The Child Tax Credit has never come close to reimbursing parents for the majority of child-related costs, but it is nevertheless a practical reduction of burden that honors the important work of parents and families.