Early Childhood Focus

Child-Care Cuts

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 09:27:13 PST

EXCERPT FROM: CBS 42
By Shanisty Myers
If you have a child in day care, you know how expensive it can be. Childcare Resources is a nonprofit agency that helps cut those costs. But, now they're taking a cut of their own.

Childcare Shutdown Looms

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:06:23 PST

COLONY � The town of Colony�s Krayola Kids Daycare may be nearing its final days. Employees have not received a pay check for two weeks and according to Mayor Morris Fitts, the town has no money to pay the daycare�s seven employees.

Colony Child Care Nearing Closure After 13 Years Serving Community

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:43:48 PST

Krayola Kids Daycare, one of Colony�s only sources of revenue, is in jeopardy of shutting down.

Slumping Economy Having Adverse Effect on Child Care in Alabama

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:23:52 PST

Working parents are having a hard time affording quality child care because of the economic downturn, according to a report from a national child-care advocacy organization.

School and Child-Care Closures Due to Probable Swine Flu Outbreak

Fri, 01 May 2009 10:27:43 PST

All public schools in Madison County, including Huntsville and Madison city schools, will be closed today due to the two cases of probable swine flu found at Heritage Elementary School in Madison. Also, all school athletic events in the state of Alabama have been postponed for the rest of the week.

Report: Many Alabama Child Care Centers Unlicensed

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:10:20 PST

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A new national report shows that Alabama is 1 of 14 states that allows some child day care centers to operate without being licensed and with few restrictions.

DHR Won't Make Cuts to Child Care Subsidy Program

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:03:51 PST

Officials with the Alabama Department of Human Resources say they will not make reductions to a program that subsidizes day care costs for low income parents.

Award to Help with Pre-k Vision Screening

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:58:35 PST

TUSCALOOSA | Stephen Black, head of the University of Alabama's Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility, has won $125,000 to further his mission to screen preschool children for vision problems.

Kids Need Direction Early

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:55:38 PST

As a district judge, I see every day the problems and concerns about crime in our community. But as a board member of the Alabama Partnership for Children, I have also learned ways we can begin to reduce the number of young people who drop out of school and all too often enter the criminal justice system.

State's Pre-K Program Receives National Award

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:33:13 PST

A national organization recognized Alabama's pre-K program in Washington on Wednesday by presenting the Pre-K Champion Award to representatives from the Alabama School Readiness Alliance and the Alabama Office of School Readiness.

Plans to grow pre-K include Head Start

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:25:45 PST

Plans to expand Alabama's pre-kindergarten offerings include folding more Head Start sites into the state funded program, a move education officials say will make sure quality isn't sacrificed for growth.

Cost, quality, distance factor into child care search

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:07:24 PST

The Haskinses are among many new, working parents who turn into pseudo investigators - closely examining everything from playgrounds to teacher turnover - in their search for proper day care. Along the way, parents find there are often months-long waiting lists for newborns, that centers with accreditation and educated teachers are popular and cost more, and that location is just the beginning.