EXCERPT FROM: The Decorah Newspapers
By Lissa Greiner
Whether or not the Northeast Iowa Community College Child Development Center stays open is not just an NICC issue, it's a community issue.

EXCERPT FROM: Muscatine Journal
BY Amy Cahill
MUSCATINE, Iowa - Nearly 13 years ago, unable to find suitable day care for her children, Shawna Martin began watching three children in her home.

EXCERPT FROM: KCRG-TV9
By Justin Foss
CEDAR RAPIDS - The lessons learned in Iowa's floods could soon help the entire country better handle disasters - specifically when it comes to your children.

EXCERPT FROM: The Daily Iowan
BY HOLLY HINES
James Vineburgh needs childcare.
The UI doctoral student and father of two commutes to Iowa City from Cedar Rapids for classes, and his wife works as a full-time school teacher.

WASHINGTON (AP) - About $833,000 in federal funds is coming to Iowa to give a boost to various Head Start programs.

It's an unusual victim of the recession, one that has left dozens of south Des Moines families looking for other options.

As business slows, Alicia Jones worries she will not have enough hours of work to qualify for child-care assistance from the state.

As the nation and Iowa struggle through an economic crisis, a new administration and Congress are making choices for our future. The right choice to strengthen our economy is to invest in children.

EDDYVILLE — The Eddyville-Blakesburg School Board heard from a large group of parents who are passionate about keeping the Eddyville Childcare Center open full time.

Is an uneasy economy affecting local child care providers?