EXCERPT FROM: News & Record
By Staff Reporter
WENTWORTH – Rockingham Community College will close its five-star child development center on May 28 because of low enrollment and rising operating costs.

EXCERPT FROM: Times-News Online
By Jessica Goodman
The North Carolina General Assembly cut $16 million in funding for Smart Start, and one program in Henderson County was eliminated because of the budget crisis.

 Peachtree – Tri-County Community College has been experiencing all-time enrollment highs, though the on-campus childcare center has been suffering from a lack of families utilizing the service.

Lynda Bien-Aimes calls the funding stream that helps her with child care expenses "an angel in disguise."

Working families now have another resource to help them cover the cost of high-quality child care. Child Care Services Association is now providing financial assistance to help connect Durham County families with high-quality care in 3, 4 and 5-star child care facilities. This new program, the Smart Start Child Care Scholarship Program, is funded through Durham’s Partnership for Children, a Smart Start initiative, and is designed to complement the child care subsidy program administered by Durham’s Alliance for Child Care Assess.

LITTLETON — The slumping economy and high unemployment rate is causing some area child care centers to struggle.

DAVIDSON, N.C. -- A unique day care is facing a not-so-unique problem. After 40 years of business, they could have to shut down soon because of the economy.

Working parents in Macon County have few choices when it comes to child care for their infants, according to members of a committee tasked with coming up with some solutions to the county’s child care shortage.

GREENSBORO — The waiting list of families with children who need day care but can’t afford it will be cut by half in Guilford County.

Winston-Salem, NC -- People gathered today to protest the closing of Winston-Salem State Univeristy's Eearly Childhood Center.