Coronavirus crisis: Child-care program is expanded to benefit LA's emergency responders, Garcetti announces

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is expanding a child-care program, making it available to the city's emergency responders.
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The program had initially been offered to health-care workers.
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Garcetti said the expansion will benefit employees of the Los Angeles police and fire departments, the Port of Los Angeles, Los Angeles International Airport and the Los Angeles Sanitation & Environment department.

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The program is needed to help protect workers' families while the essential employees protect the public during the coronavirus crisis, the mayor said.