EXCERPT FROM: Macon.com
By S. Heather Duncan
For parents such as Vanita Adams, government help with day care costs made the difference between employment and welfare.

EXCERPT FROM: Macon.com
By S. Heather Duncan
Many parents save for more than a decade for their children’s college education. There are scholarships and federal assistance to help young adults and their parents afford that huge investment in their future.

EXCERPT FROM: Macon.com
By S. Heather Duncan
Under the guidance of Commissioner Holly Robinson, the independent governing board of the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning has slowly but steadily made the state’s day-care standards more rigorous in recent years.

EXCERPT FROM: WALB News
By Cade Fowler
ALBANY, GA (WALB) – A recent study shows thousands of Georgia daycare centers have shut down in the last couple of years. Many were forced out of business because of the bad economy.

EXCERPT FROM: AJC.com
By Gracie Bonds Staples
For nearly a decade, after the economy forced her out of a corporate job, Carol Ann George-Roach took care of other people’s children.

EXCERPT FROM: Ajc.com
By Associated Press
A newspaper study of day care quality in Georgia shows the state's rules are often violated.

EXCERPT FROM: Macon.com 
By Linda Morris
The owner of a Macon day care who has been in business more than 30 years said a lot of neighbors and friends support her effort to be open 24 hours.

EXCERPT FROM: The Nonprofit Quarterly
By Ruth McCambridge
April 4, 2010; The Telegraph | It has been a difficult week for those charged with overseeing the early childcare system in Georgia. First, a report on the findings of a survey by Quality Care for Children was released on April 2nd and indicates that the state lost 600 child care centers between 2008 and 2009 and the number of nationally accredited centers declined to 221 from 304, a 27 percent decrease.

EXCERPT FROM: WALB.com
By Karen Cohilas
ALBANY, GA (WALB) – A home day care bill, in memory of a four month old baby who died in a Lee County day care center, has passed the Georgia Senate.

EXCERPT FROM: Rome News-Tribune
By Doug Walker
Childcare providers in the Rome area are concerned about continuing job losses and the potential for the loss of revenue from the state as part of additional budget cuts that are expected from the General Assembly.