EXCERPT FROM: The Observer
By Bill Rautenstrauch
OSU report: Child care prices on average increased 7 percent more than family incomes from 2004 to 2010.

EXCERPT FROM: KVAL CBS 13
By Crystal Price
EUGENE, Ore. - Parents are paying more to send their child to daycare than to college.

EXCERPT FROM: Statesman Journal
By Peter Wong
When state subsidies for day care are cut next week, unless lawmakers intervene, the cut will affect more than the children who will lose care.

EXCERPT FROM: KTVZ.com
By Chris Thomas
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Oregon's Employment Related Day Care subsidizes child-care costs for poor families so parents can keep working, but the state plans to trim the rolls by about 5,000 families in the next year, starting Oct. 1.

EXCERPT FROM: Statesman Journal
By Thelma Guerrero-Huston
Kim Lebahn is beside herself with worry that in the future she might not be able to provide for her children.

EXCERPT FROM: Mail Tribune
By Damian Mann
State budget cuts in day-care assistance mean families who recently received public aid from a federal program will continue to qualify for the help, while working families who have not will no longer be eligible. For some, that will mean they'll have to quit their jobs to stay home with the kids.

EXCERPT FROM: KATU News
By Shellie Bailey-Shah
PORTLAND, Ore. - Low-income parents may find themselves without child care in the next few months after a program meant to help many of them work is being slashed.

EXCERPT FROM: OregonLive.com
By Harry Esteve
At Oregon State University in Corvallis, construction is under way on the $12 million Hallie Ford Center, where researchers will focus on the long-term well-being of children and families. At the same time, Malina Newell in Keizer worries that state cuts to day care will threaten the immediate needs of her family.

EXCERPT FROM: The Daily Astorian
By Staff
Oregon's Employment Related Day Care program helps low-income working families pay for child care. This program - also known as the Department of Human Services child care subsidy program - is funded by the Child Care Division of the Oregon Employment Department.

EXCERPT FROM: The Broadside Online
By Eric Ercanbrack
Many students at Central Oregon Community College face difficulties with the expense of childcare. COCC offers little help to students with children.