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.

If it was announced that Portland State University would lose an entire class of incoming students, or that the University of Oregon or Oregon State would lose a class and a half of students, or that Reed College, Lewis & Clark College and the University of Portland were all simultaneously shutting their doors, Oregonians would be taking to the streets to protest those cuts. But if pending budget cuts are approved, even more young children than that could lose their access to early care and education.

Salem and Marion County will be hit especially hard by job losses resulting from cuts in the Democrats' proposed state budget.

Two bills that passed the Oregon House on Monday would create ways to ensure safe after-school care providers and child-care volunteers.

Halfway to the day care drop, Megan Garrett realizes her family is headed the wrong direction.