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government-provided home was known as "The Children's Center of
Washington."
As a Child Care Provider, I, and many other federal staff members, provided
love, care and support to many (white and black) children, ages from birth
through their teens, who had no family or anyone to care for them. We
worked 12 hours each day, seven days each week, and took turns on the day
and night duties.
We child care providers loved those children, and kept up with them long after
they had moved to adult foster care. Many became very successful adults.
When D.C. was granted Home Rule, the Children's Center became a
department of the local government of the District of Columbia. In the 1970s,
the home closed.
Even after the Children's Center closed, we child care providers loved and
kept up with the children for many years.
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