EXCERPT FROM: The Hub
By Kristen Dalton
RED BANK — The Red Bank Public School District is seeking a $4,200,403 preschool expansion grant that would fund six additional classrooms to accommodate nearly 100 more students in the preschool program next year.
EXCERPT FROM: NorthJersey.com
By STAFF
The Morris County Department of Human Services is seeking applications from child care centers in the county willing to assist low-income families by participating in a dedicated voucher program.
EXCERPT FROM: Education Week
By Maureen Kelleher
Yesterday, the Education Law Center, which represents the plaintiffs in New Jersey's Abbott school funding case, announced that New Jersey has increased pre-K funds to its 31 poorest districts to comply with the preschool aid component of the state's education funding formula.
EXCERPT FROM: NJ Spotlight
By John Mooney
The federal government is extending its reach in early childhood education, moving beyond its landmark Head Start program with a new Race to the Top grant that could help New Jersey serve more young kids. But the new plan is stirring up some debate, especially when it comes to "kindergarten-readiness" testing.
EXCERPT FROM: Burlington County Times
By Rose Krebs
MOUNT HOLLY — Officials at the DEPTH Child and Family Development Center hope that a change in the way the facility receives funding doesn’t have much of an impact on its families.
EXCERPT FROM: NorthJersey.com
By Terrence T. Mcdonald
Municipal officials will ask Essex County this year to give local nonprofits top priority as the county prepares to hand out millions of dollars in federal grant money.
EXCERPT FROM: MyCentralJersey.com
By Suzanne C. Russell
PERTH AMBOY — The mother of a 17-month-old baby boy who died while being supervised at a day-care facility in the city last month wants all baby-sitting and child-care centers in Perth Amboy to be regulated.
EXCERPT FROM: NJ.com
By Christina Paciolla
Since the beginning of this school year, eight children have been pulled out of Grow N' Learn day care in Thorofare by parents who lost jobs.
EXCERPT FROM: New Jersey Real Time News--NJ.com
By Kathleen O'Brien/The Star-Ledger
GLEN RIDGE -- One visit to Mama Goose Day Care was all Anne Lauterhahn needed to decide it was the perfect place for her baby while she was at work as a teacher’s aide. Little Kaelyn would be watched in a cozy Glen Ridge home by licensed caregiver Caren Haynes.
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J., September 2, 2009 – As the nation heads back to school, parents of newborns, toddlers and younger siblings are learning a valuable lesson: The expense of full-time child care can cost twice the national average for in-state college tuition at a public university, estimated at $6,585 per year by Trends in College Pricing, 2008. And finding the right child care can be well worth the effort, not just the expense.