EXCERPT FROM: TurlockJournal.com
By Jonathan McCorkell
Merced County Sheriff Mark Pazin boiled down his visit to an Atwater preschool site in two points: “Education, not incarceration. We want to take care of the first part — education — before we later have to incarcerate.”
EXCERPT FROM: San Francisco Chronicle
By Judy Lin
Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday dealt a blow to his labor allies by blocking a bill that would have let California child care workers unionize.
EXCERPT FROM: KTVN News
By The Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calif.— Workers at California child care centers could join unions under a bill approved by the state Senate.
EXCERPT FROM: Imperial valley Press
By Roman Flores
Child care providers and supporters of the Imperial Valley attempted to make their voices heard Wednesday morning in El Centro as they held signs up, handed out fliers and chanted, “ˇSi se Puede!”
EXCERPT FROM: Central Coast News KION/KCBA
By Brttany Davis Pulley
Santa Cruz, Calif.- The Santa Cruz County Office of Education and Migrant Head Start program says they are still accepting more kids in their free childcare program.
EXCERPT FROM: New America Media
By Ngoc Nguyen
The dual problems of housing instability and joblessness are negatively affecting the well-being of California’s children, according to a new report released Wednesday.
EXERPT FROM: SantaMariaTimes.com
By Marga K. Cooley
The number of children in Santa Barbara County who qualify for free and reduced-cost lunches — 54 percent — and those who live below the federal poverty level, were the highest of the decade in 2010, according to a recent report on children’s welfare.
EXCERPT FROM: abc30.com
By Graciela Moreno
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The budget impasse is forcing eight Valley childcare centers to close their doors this Thursday. The temporary closure will impact more than 700 Valley children and their families who rely on the centers for preschool and daycare services.
EXCERPT FROM: Imperial Beach Patch
By Graig Graziosi
Following a review of the impact of the state budget on the South Bay Union School District's 2011-12 budget at a meeting June 9, the board of trustees voted to make significant cuts and layoffs to district preschool and childcare programs.
EXCERPT FROM: Napa Valley Register
By Victoria Rossi
Jovita De La Cruz leaned against her car door, waiting for one of her granddaughters outside the Child Development Center at Phillips Charter School on a recent afternoon.