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  "id": 13345,
  "url": "https://www.the74million.org/zero2eight/nc-budget-offers-rural-childcare-businesses-financial-help-theyve-sought-for-years",
  "title": "NC Budget Offers Rural Childcare Businesses Financial Help They’ve Sought for Years",
  "summary": "It’s been a difficult year for Mary Moody, owner of the top-rated Silver Bluff Kids Early Learning Center in Haywood County. She said her business has struggled since federal pandemic funds used to keep childcare centers open ran out in 2025. Moody didn’t want to cut staff salaries after the federal money ran out, she […]",
  "authors": "Lynn Bonner",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "children-education",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "us",
  "published_at": "2026-07-23T16:30:00.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-25T05:10:48.796Z",
  "source_slug": "x-the-74-education-ai",
  "source_name": "The 74 (education AI)",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.the74million.org",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/13345",
  "original_url": "https://www.the74million.org/zero2eight/nc-budget-offers-rural-childcare-businesses-financial-help-theyve-sought-for-years",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
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