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A pilot program is helping West Virginia workers with child care, with employers paying some costs
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Heather Clark has juggled working full-time at an insurance agency and caring for her young daughter for the past five years. “When you have a kid at home, you can’t answer the phones, and you can’t have that personal interaction,” said Clark, who often works from home. “And my job requires that.” In July, Clark became one of the first of 28 parents to join West Virginia’s new pilot program that subsidizes child care by allowing employers and the state to cover some of the costs.