EXCERPT FROM: INFORUM
By Tracy Frank
FARGO – Goddard Schools, the national chain of child care centers with educational philosophies that mix learning and play, will be coming to Fargo, and the waiting list to get into this school already exceeds the number of children the business will be able to accommodate.

EXCERPT FROM: INFORUM
By Sherri Richards
FARGO – You don’t have to explain the summer shuffle to Alison Dye.

EXCERPT FROM: Williston Herald
By Alta Mayhugh
Some Williston parents are taking time off without pay in a six-month period due to lack of available day care while other parents take their children to stay with relatives or providers who are not licensed because they do not have another choice, according to the results of a recent survey.

BISMARCK — The state House reversed itself Saturday and approved background checks for child care workers, with one supporter chiding opponents for calling the bill “intrusive.”

BISMARCK – A bill requiring background checks for new child care employees is expected to be reconsidered tonight after it failed in the House by two votes.

BISMARCK On Tuesday, Gov. Hoeven signed House Bill 1472, which will allow child care providers to have more say in the rules set for the industry.

A Fargo lawmaker pushed for a bill on Tuesday to establish an advisory board to advise and recommend policy for North Dakota day-care providers.

When Jackie Ness was a child development major at North Dakota State University, she did a short internship at Flynn Child Care in north Fargo.

Members of Minot's Child Care Task Force hope to get behind a statewide solution to problems facing the industry before the North Dakota Legislature convenes in January.

Fargo businesses are banding together to add a child care center in the city.