EXCERPT FROM: NBC-17
By Charlotte Huffman
RALEIGH, N.C. -- State budget cuts are being blamed for a growing trend of illegal underground child care centers, and some parents even say the illegal care is sometimes their only option.
EXCERPT FROM: NBC17.com
By Charlotte Huffman
RALEIGH, N.C. -- State budget cuts are being blamed for how illegal daycare centers are slipping through the cracks in North Carolina.
EXCERPT FROM: NewsObserver.com
By Lynn Bonner
Gov. Bev Perdue on Wednesday ordered pre-kindergarten classes be open to all eligible at-risk children even if their families cannot afford new fees.
EXCERPT FROM: Burlington Times News
By Chris Lavender
The waiting list is long and the needs are great for those seeking financial aid from the Alamance County Department of Social Services to help pay for child day care services.
EXCERPT FROM: Montgomery Herald
By Linda Beaulieu
The North Carolina legislature still has a way to go to before a final budget is passed, but local agencies that receive state funding are watching the process carefully as the budget makes its way from House to Senate, then Conference Committee and eventually on to Governor Purdue.
EXCERPT FROM: News 14
By Ed Scannell
DOBSON, N.C. -- The Surry County Department of Social Services may have to cut some children from its child care subsidy program this month unless the state answers its call for additional funding. Officials said the situation may force some parents who have struggled to find employment to quit their jobs.
EXCERPT FROM: Watauga Democrat
By Scott Nicholson
Although the economy has created adjustments in both services and the need for child care, the supply of available childcare slots is generally meeting demand.
EXCERPT FROM: John W. Pope Civitas Institute
By Andrew Henson
2011 finds North Carolina in the abyss of recession: high unemployment, low private sector job growth, and state government scrambling to fill a $3.7 billion budget hole. In a year when state finances are scarcer than any other time in recent history, virtually all government programs will be cut back; it is merely a question of how much.
EXCERPT FROM: The Mount Airy News
By Meghann Evans
DOBSON — When people go back to work, they often come to the Surry County Department of Social Services to ask for assistance paying for day care. But if they ask for help now, they’re just going to have to wait.
EXCERPT FROM: Gaston Gazette
By Diane Turbyfill
Hundreds of Gaston County families get federal money for child care, but 600 children remain on a waitlist despite millions of dollars trickled down through the Gaston County Department of Social Services.