EXCERPT FROM: Digital Journal
By PRWEB.COM Newswire
On Wednesday, August 24, 2011, the Child Care Council of Kentucky released an innovative Android and iPhone app named Kids Matter®, the first of its kind in the state of Kentucky. Among other things, the app allows parents to search for quality child care and access resources to help pay for child care.

EXCERPT FROM: Evansville Courier & Press
By Victoria Grabner
The local school board voted 4-1 to raise the weekly cost of child care in the Henderson County school district effective Sept. 1 to help meet state requirements that say the child care program must be self-sustaining.

EXCERPT FROM: WAVE 3 News
By Brandon Jackson
LOUSIVILLE, KY (WAVE) - On September 15, Masonic Homes of Kentucky broke ground on Sproutlings. A year from now, the specialized daycare will open its doors to Kentuckiana families.

EXCERPT FROM: Lexington Herald-Leader
By Jim Warren
The Kentucky Department of Education has submitted to state budget officials its proposals for cutting education spending by about $20 million for the rest of the fiscal year.

EXCERPT FROM: Daily Independent
By Lee Ward
ASHLAND — A new organization in the area has one main goal: to support quality preschool education.

EXCERPT FROM: The Courier Journal
By Stephenie Steitzer
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Gov. Steve Beshear announced Thursday that Kentucky will receive $4 million in federal stimulus funds to pay for training and other resources for child-care providers.

The Nest Center for Women, Children & Families, a Lexington non-profit social service agency, is closing its most highly visible program — a respite day care.

Using federal economic recovery money, Kentucky will restore about $1.4 million it cut earlier this year from private agencies that care for abused and neglected children, Gov. Steve Beshear announced yesterday.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (March 25, 2009) – A national child care advocacy group has released an updated report that shows Kentucky rising significantly in its rankings.