EXCERPT FROM: Silver City Sun-News
By Terrance Vestal
SILVER CITY -- After three years and a number of hurdles, a new day care center in Silver City that was spearheaded by Grant County is scheduled to have a ribbon-cutting at 1 p.m. today.

EXCERPT FROM: KRQE News 13
By Bill Diven
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Working parents who say they are caught between a rock and a hard spot protested cutbacks in day care support outside a state office Wednesday morning.

EXCERPT FROM: The New Mexico Independent
By Trip Jennings
At a time when more New Mexicans are struggling financially the state has restricted access to a program that helps low-income parents find and keep jobs — and, some people say, keeps them off the welfare rolls.

The state is to receive $18.6 million to help provide child care services for working families in New Mexico.

Graduate and professional students are working to persuade legislators to change a state code that prevents them from getting subsidies for child care.

SANTA FE (AP) - Gov. Bill Richardson proposes to expand a state tax credit for child care expenses.