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    "ocrText": "Oct-16-97 02:17P\nP.07\nSAMPLE LETTER TO THE EDITOR\nDear XXXXX:\nOn Thursday, October 23, 1997, President Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton will\nbe convening the nation's first White House Conference on Child Care. This conference will\nfocus on the strengths and weaknesses of child care in America and explore how the nation can\nbetter support working families' need for quality, affordable care for their children. It will also\nhighlight school-age care for our children and teens, responding to the concern that nearly five\nmillion children are left home alone each week.\nThe Administration should be commended for focusing national attention on the child care needs\nof our children and youth. We hope the conference will be the beginning of a renewed effort in\nWashington and across the country to find solutions that make quality child care affordable for\nall.\nThere is good reason to move ahead. Child care is an issue that affects many American families.\nEvery day, three out of five preschoolers are in child care. According to recent studies, many of\nthese children are not in the safe and nurturing settings they deserve. Six out of seven child care\ncenters provide care that is poor to mediocre, and care in as many as one-third of providers'\nhomes could be harmful to children. Yet, even average care remains unaffordable for many\nworking families. Parents can easily have to pay $4,000 to $10,000 per year for a child in child\ncare -- as much as tuition, room and board at many colleges.\nIn our state of XXXXX. [if available, insert local information about child care]\nI hope the White House Conference on Child Care will help all of us in [your community] focus\non how parents, employers, communities, and all levels of government can work together to help\nfind innovative solutions to families' child care needs.\nSincerely,"
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