EXCERPT FROM: The Daily Californian
By Soumya Karlamangla
The beginning of the school year Wednesday in the Berkeley Unified School District also marks the end of several before- and after-school programs serving low-income students and their families.

EXCERPT FROM: Bakersfield.com
By John Cox
Normally it's the government that subsidizes child care at Toddler Tech Preschool in downtown Bakersfield.

EXCERPT FROM: Recordnet.com
By Jennifer Torres
A sign at the entrance of the Sierra Vista Child Development Center advises parents that the day care has had to shorten its hours, opening at 7:30 every morning and closing at 4:30 in the afternoon.

EXCERPT FROM: Imperial Valley Press Online
By Roman Flores
The uncertainties in the state budget have trickled down to uncertainties in the Imperial County Office of Education, which could lead to a loss of jobs in the early care and education programs and major cuts in child care.

EXCERPT FROM: California Watch
By Mandy Hofmockel
Without a state budget, child care programs funded through school districts, nonprofit organizations and licensed individuals are facing financial hardships as they try to "float" their budgets until state funds are let loose.

EXCERPT FROM: KTVU San Francisco
By STAFF
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Families opposed to the closure of seven Oakland Unified School District childcare centers marched Wednesday to the Board of Education meeting to protest shuttering the state-funded centers, a spokeswoman for the families said.

EXCERPT FROM: New America Media
By Vivian Po
In a scene that is likely to be repeated in school districts throughout California in coming weeks, teachers and staff at the Helen Turner Children’s Center in Hayward spent last week packing boxes, hugging their colleagues and students goodbye—and collecting their last paychecks.

EXCERPT FROM: Times Press Recorder
By Mike Hodgson
Arroyo Grande plans to end its subsidy of the Children in Motion before- and after-school child care, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the program will end.

EXCERPT FROM: The Desert Sun
By K Kaufmann
In the past five years, Palm Desert has raised more than $1.7 million from commercial developers in the city, ostensibly to improve and expand affordable child care.

EXCERPT FROM: Albany Patch
By Emilie Raguso
This morning, Albany parents and children boarded a bus to Sacramento to visit state legislators and protest Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed termination of childcare subsidies for low income families.