Eboni Delaney and Daphne Alsiyao

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Author Bio

Eboni Delaney is the Director of Policy and Movement Building at the National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC), and a Public Voices Fellow of the OpEd Project in Partnership with the National Black Child Development Institute.

Daphne Alsiyao is the Policy Strategist at the National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC), a Parent Leader with MomsRising, and a proud mom of three little ones.

April 30, 2026

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