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The first time I heard the iconic line from the late hip-hop artist Tupac Shakur, “Trying to make a dollar out of 15 cents,” from his song Keep Ya Head Up in the early 90s, I was convinced he was talking about my mother. As a group family childcare provider, her entire business model revolved around stretching every dollar — not just to support the families in her care, but to survive, feed her own family, and keep the lights on.