State budget cuts hit human services hard

Posted in: Impact of the Economy on Child Care, Pennsylvania

EXCERPT FROM: Citizens Voice
By David Singleton
The head of the Employment Opportunity and Training Center of Northeastern Pennsylvania said the tragedy of Gov. Tom Corbett's new budget cuts is not that state funding for the agency's Scranton Area Family Center will be slashed 10 percent.


Obama visits Yeadon Head Start to announce stricter preschool standards

Posted in: Head Start, Pennsylvania

EXCERPT FROM THE INQUIRER
By Thomas Fitzgerald and Dan Hardy
President Obama visited a Head Start center in Yeadon on Tuesday to announce stricter performance standards for the federal preschool program for children from low-income families, using the occasion to attack congressional Republicans for blocking his education and jobs agendas.


More Parents Seek State Assistance Amid Cutbacks

Posted in: Impact of the Economy on Child Care, Pennsylvania

EXCERPT FROM: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
By Tory Parrish
New mother Kaylynn Banks enjoys the time she gets to spend with her baby.


Questions, Concern Loom Over State's Funding Of Early Childhood Education

Posted in: Pennsylvania

EXCERPT FROM: WFMZ-TV 69 News
By Jaccii Farris
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Pennsylvania's budget deadline is inching closer and with it, questions about how the state will fund early childhood education.


U.S., Pennsylvania Cuts Expected to Curb Child-care Subsidies

Posted in: Impact of the Economy on Child Care, Pennsylvania

EXCERPT FROM: Philly.com
By Adrienne Lu
Julia Van Houten, 31, a single mother with an 8-year-old girl and a 17-month-old boy, has struggled for years to make ends meet despite working full-time.


Team 4: Child Cares Ordered To Close, Still Taking In Kids

Posted in: Pennsylvania

EXCERPT FROM: WTAE Pittsburgh
By Paul Van Osdol
PITTSBURGH -- When you drop your kids off at a day care, how can you be sure they're in good hands? 


Casey Introduces Bill to Help States Invest in Early Learning

Posted in: Pennsylvania

EXCERPT FROM: Erie Times-News
By Gerry Weiss
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., introduced a bill Thursday aimed at helping states invest in early learning so that more low-income children have access to high-quality education.


Study: Pike's Low-Income Kids Shortchanged

Posted in: Pennsylvania

EXCERPT FROM: Pocono Record
By Stephen Sacco
Some of Pike County's most vulnerable children are being left out of programs such as Head Start and Pennsylvania Pre-K Counts.


Federal Grant Helps Student-Parents Pay for Child Care

Posted in: Pennsylvania

EXCERPT FROM: The Online Rocket
By Courtney Nickle
The SGA Preschool and Child Care Center received a CCAMPIS (Child Care Access Means Parents In School) Grant that will assist student-parents with their child-care expenses.


Rally Demands Pa. Budget Not Cut Social Programs

Posted in: Pennsylvania

EXCERPT FROM: Philadelphia Inquirer
By Dan Hardy
Seeking to influence the state budget debate, about 100 social service and early childhood education providers and their allies, many still hurting from funding delays incurred last year in the protracted budget battle, rallied Thursday outside the Delaware County government center in Media.