News on Day Care

2008-11-17 Leader-Telegram Online

Child Care Partnership and Referral statistics show that 97 regulated day care facilities closed and 83 opened in the first nine months of this year in the 10 west-central Wisconsin counties the agency serves. Still, the total number of day care slots available in the region increased by 145 in the same period, Lillo said.

As a result, parents in the Chippewa Valley and across the nation are telling day care providers they must scale back or abandon their services, with some families turning to grandparents for care, some changing work schedules so the kids can stay at home and others pulling children out while laid-off parents look for new jobs.

www.leadertelegram.com

The Leader-Telegram, a daily newspaper serving Eau Claire and West-Central Wisconsin with a Mon-Sat circulation of 30,000 and 40,000 on Sunday. - Leader Telegram Eau Claire Press Company Wisconsin newspaper Chippewa Falls obituaries news local state sports features business opinion enterainment police classified weddings

2008-11-17 Day cares feeling downturn The Clarion-Ledger

Melvin has relied on child-care certificates; these vouchers can be used at any day-care center, offering at least partial payment for child-care costs through the Department of Human Services Child Care Development Block Grant assistance program. The funds come from the federal government.

Pied Piper Playhouse owner Beverly Latham (left) and her daughter, Pearl Bailey (right), administrative director, assist students Wednesday at 1235 W. Capitol St. , in Jackson. Pied Piper is cutting back on some services because of the downturn in the economy. Some parents can no longer afford day care.

www.clarionledger.com

As money tightens, the economy is squeezing working parents and day-care directors alike inside a vicious financial circle. - Business Jackson MS Mississippi News local news headlines stories world news

2008-11-17 The Daily Citizen, Dalton, GA - Study: No downturn in child care economy

This study has been ongoing," said Debbie Mann Rector, executive director for 33 years of Whitfield County-Dalton Day Care Center, which is nationally accredited by the National Academy of Early Childhood Programs. It shows that the child care industry does have an impact on the economy. Also, sometimes people dont realize what an impact a quality child care program is making with the young children that we serve. Research shows quality early learning in children, along with working with the families will help children be more successful in school and, hopefully, more productive citizens. The parents we serve, whether working or going to school, have a peace of mind knowing that they are leaving their children in a quality program. This in turn makes them a better employee. Its a win-win situation. A

www.northwestgeorgia.com

2008-11-17 An Online Edition of The Keene Sentinel Features Ongoing Features A Westmoreland day-care center offers nature-based learning

And ldquo;We provide a healthy, safe and green child care setting, and rdquo; said Poole. and ldquo;It and rsquo;s part of our philosophy to be more environmentally conscious. It teaches the kids, and as they grow up, they naturally care for the environment. and rdquo;

Since 2004, the licensed center has provided care and learning experiences to Monadnock Region youngsters, from infants through preschoolers. Located on Route 12 near an industrial park, the facility maintains a fenced playground and abuts woodlands for supervised exploration.

sentinelsource.com

The online edition of the Keene Sentinel. New Hampshires oldest newspaper - Newspaper The Keene Sentinel Keene New Hampshire oldest newspaper in NH weather calendar sport news classifieds features

2008-11-06 Lawyer for former day care worker files motion to suppress statements to police Sheboygan Press

At the preliminary hearing in June, pediatrician Thomas Valvano described the girls injuries as being forceful and intentional, likening the tear to an adult woman in childbirth. Three day care employees testified at that hearing Benz asked them to lie about when they worked. A criminal complaint said Benz was the only adult at the day care for 30 minutes after the child was dropped off at 6:30 a. m.

Mary K. Benz was back in Sheboygan County Circuit Court today on allegations she assaulted a 10-month-old girl left in her care at a Random Lake day care center last year.

www.sheboyganpress.com

Mary K. Benz was back in Sheboygan County Circuit Court today on allegations she assaulted a 10-month-old girl left in her care at a Random Lake day care center last year. - SHE-Local News Sheboygan WI News local news headlines stories world news

2008-11-06 27east - East Hampton News - East Hampton Day Care facing budget cuts

But she said the center does not expect to cut programs in 2009 or raise its fees to the families whose children attend the center daily. The day care center hosts 104 kids between the ages of 18 months and five years old, each weekday from 7:30 a. m. to 5 p. m. The kids are each given two meals and two snacks. Parents pay usd. 235 a week for children over three and usd. 240 a week for toddlers. Some families receive scholarships according to financial need, drawn from the centers fund-raising.

www.27east.com

East Hampton Town News From The Southampton Press and The East Hampton Press - East Hampton News Hamptons News East Hampton Headlines East Hampton Breaking News East Hampton Business News East Hampton Town News East Hampton School News East Hampton Community News East

2008-11-06 Little Professionals day care centers close - Boston Business Journal:

The North Andover, Mass. -based Little Professionals abruptly shut down its day care centers in North Andover, Mass. , Woburn, Mass. and Chelmsford, Mass. in mid-October after converting a Chapter 11 petition it filed in 2007 into a Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing.

And ldquo;It looked to me like the bank was underwater, and rdquo; he said. An appraisal of Little Professionals properties in valued them at usd. 1. 8 million and its day care equipment has been valued at approximately usd. 57,000, according a court filing.

milwaukee.bizjournals.com

Little Professionals day care centers close - Local business news industry industries

2008-11-06 27east - East Hampton News - East Hampton Day Care facing budget cuts

But she said the center does not expect to cut programs in 2009 or raise its fees to the families whose children attend the center daily. The day care center hosts 104 kids between the ages of 18 months and five years old, each weekday from 7:30 a. m. to 5 p. m. The kids are each given two meals and two snacks. Parents pay usd. 235 a week for children over three and usd. 240 a week for toddlers. Some families receive scholarships according to financial need, drawn from the centers fund-raising.

www.27east.com

East Hampton Town News From The Southampton Press and The East Hampton Press - East Hampton News Hamptons News East Hampton Headlines East Hampton Breaking News East Hampton Business News East Hampton Town News East Hampton School News East Hampton Community News East

2008-11-06 Cowra Early Childhood looking at taking on PCYC school care - Local News - News - General - Cowra Guardian

As an alternative, Cowra Early Childhood Services are looking at the feasibility of an out-of-school-hours program based out of its premises in Comerford Street, where Carinya Early Childhood Centre and Cowra Family Day Care Co-ordination Unit are located.

Cowra Early Childhood Services already offer out-of-school-hours care through the licence of Cowra Family Day Care, however there is a waiting list for families requiring this type of care.

Family Day Care Co-ordinator Coral ONeill says; With the increased demand we may need to recruit additional carers interested in providing out of schools hours care.

cowra.yourguide.com.au

The closure of the Cowra PCYC After School Care program is looming. The service was given a four week extension but this is fast coming to an end.

2008-11-06 Paying for child care not hopeless

This is a hard subject all the way around. I agree with alot of lozanolisas comments but we should not throw out the baby with the bath water. Not all the people on assistance or welfare are there for a free ride. Some are and they are the ones who should be targeted. With two kids of my own we paid over a thousand a month on daycare. After my wife lost her job and determining that job searching would only pay than half of what she was making, we decided that it was better to tighten out belts, go without daycare and her paycheck. Instead she still worked harder for free being at at home mom. Volunteering at the school, keeping the kids homework up to date, making sure the budgets were kept and met. Our lifestyle changed but after we got used to it going with only 1 source of income was the best thing we ever did. Do I

www.mysanantonio.com

Finding good, affordable child care is a concern for any working mom, but its even tougher when wages dont stretch far enough to pay the average bill of about usd. 600 a month. - San Antonio Texas News Sports Weather Traffic Spurs Express-News KENS 5