EXCERPT FROM: Cape Cod Times
By Susan Milton
HARWICH — Christy Foster of Eastham remembers when she had to take her younger child to her bookkeeping job with her. Luckily, she had a flexible boss. On other days, her in-laws handled day care duty, something they still do a couple days a week.
EXCERPT FROM: The Republican
By Jim Kinney
EASTHAMPTON - Cuts in state funding are making it harder for low-income women to get their children into state-subsidized child care, according to a new report issued Tuesday by the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center.
EXCERPT FROM: Allston/Brighton TAB
By Pat Tarantino
Allston, Mass. - Thousands of low-income and working families stand to lose affordable child care across the state due to a $4.4 million budget cut made by Governor Deval Patrick’s administration, according to a Boston-based antipoverty group.
EXCERPT FROM: The Berkshire Eagle
By Jennifer Huberdeau, New England Newspapers
NORTH ADAMS -- North County parents who receive state-subsidized child care will have to make the 45-minute drive to Pittsfield from now on to renew their vouchers -- instead of stopping by the Resources for Child Care satellite office on Main Street.
NEW BEDFORD — Rep. Stephen R. Canessa, D-New Bedford, has been appointed by House Speaker Robert DeLeo to serve on the Early Education and Care Advisory Council. This body, made up of eight legislative appointments — including three from the House of Representatives — and members of 30 organizations dedicated to improving early education programs, is charged with providing feedback, input, and recommendations to the Department of Early Education and Care Commissioner Sherri Killins.
Cuts to state aid for child care have left Island families and early childhood workers struggling to develop new ways to subsidize programs here.
Chestnut Hill, Mass. (September 15, 2009) – For low income parents, finding high quality child care not only boosts the performance of their children in school, but actually combats the effects of poverty, according to a new study in the journal Child Development.
BOSTON - The federal stimulus law will provide Massachusetts with $23.9 million for child care for low-income people and about $4 million for vaccines for poor children, Vice President Joseph R. Biden said on Thursday.