EXCERPT FROM: Pottawatomie
By Lori Goat
Agencies and groups in Pottawatomie County has been awarded more than $39 million in stimulus funds so far.

EXCERPT FROM: The Edmond Sun
By James Coburn
EDMOND — Lt. Gov. Jari Askins says she encourages the development of employer day care centers in Oklahoma. Employee productivity and absenteeism improves by investing in child care, Askins said.

Many children have passed through the doors at Cushing Daycare, but on Friday, those doors will close.

TULSA, OK -- The Tulsa City Council reversed itself on one issue on Thursday night and decided not to change course on another.  It was all over community development block grants.  That's money from the federal government that's handed out by city councils.

After a series of troublesome inspection reports and confirmed complaints, Buttons and Bows child-care center in Sand Springs lost its national accreditation in March.

ENID — An Enid woman was cited Thursday with operating an unlicensed day care, possibly the first time that has happened since a new state law was enacted in November.

Oklahoma City_In the three months since the mandated child care employment background check law became effective, nearly 4,100 requests have been processed by Oklahoma Department of Human Services' Oklahoma Child Care Services division.

Designating whether a county is in a standard or enhanced area is one of six factors the Oklahoma Department of Human Services uses to determine state rates paid to child care facilities.

George Kaiser is a believer in early childhood education as a way to stop poverty in America.

OKLAHOMA CAPITOL — Unlicensed childcare facilities operating in Oklahoma will no longer be tolerated when a change in the state law goes into effect Nov. 1.