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.


Stimulus Money to Help Pay for Child Care

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

EXCERPT FROM: The Morning Call
By Brian Callaway
Hundreds of the Lehigh Valley's poorest families will be able to afford child care while they work or undergo job training -- courtesy of an infusion of cash from the federal stimulus program.


Governor Rendell's Education Budget Continues Strategic Investments to Ensure an Educated, Prepared Workforce

Posted in: Pennsylvania

EXCERPT FROM: PRNewswire
By PRNewswire
HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Citing the academic gains Pennsylvania students have made because of the state's continued investments in quality education, Governor Edward G. Rendell today called for a $354.8 million increase in the state's basic education funding to ensure every student in every school has the necessary resources to learn.


Struggle for Decades on Child Care Bill Shows Issues With Legislative Process

Posted in: Pennsylvania

EXCERPT FROM: Pennlive.com
By Jeanette Krebs
Like most grandparents, Bob Godshall worries about his grandchildren.
So when his 3-year-old granddaughter started going to day care, he checked out the regulations for state inspections of the facilities.


Economy Takes Toll on Child Care

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

EXCERPT FROM: York Daily Record
By Erin James
The parents of children enrolled at Learning Tree Child Care in Gettysburg learned Dec. 4 the 30-year-old program would shut its doors in February because of rising costs and declining revenue.


Governor Rendell: Pennsylvania Has Made Payments Delayed by Budget Impasse

Posted in: Pennsylvania

HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Edward G. Rendell and Treasurer Rob McCord today announced that the commonwealth has achieved its goal of expediting payments that had been delayed by the budget impasse, including crucial social services and education funding.


County Gets Big Check From State, Remainder Uncertain

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

Although money from the recently passed state budget should arrive in Somerset County today, complications from the 101-day impasse remain.


State Budget Stalemate Strangling a Child-care Center

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

On the surface, everything seems just fine at the Radcliffe Learning Center for preschool children in Bucks County's Bristol Borough.


Child Care Centers Struggling, Working Together to Weather the Financial Storm

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

Each day without a state budget means another day that Diane Mesiarik, Shannon Denitti and Ashley Mancini aren't getting paid for opening up their day care centers to the low-income children they serve.


Rally Attendees Decry Education Funding Cuts

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

SHARON HILL — Amie Mansaray knows exactly what will happen if the proposed Pennsylvania state budget passes in its current form.