EXCERPT FROM: The Post and Courier 
By Jim Davenport
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina's large day care centers will be inspected fewer times under a measure tucked into the state's $5.8 billion proposed budget.

EXCERPT FROM: Charlotte Observer
By Don Babwin-Associated Press
Now the crisis is reaching the children.

EXCERPT FROM: WSOC Charlotte TV
By News Staff
FORT MILL, S.C. -- A Fort Mill woman is charged with running an illegal day care from her home, just weeks after a toddler died while in her care.

EXCERPT FROM: WTOC
By Jaime Dailey
BEAUFORT, SC (WTOC) - After a lot of anticipation, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control kicked off their H1N1 school based flu clinics today, vaccinating hundreds of children in the Lowcountry.

EXCERPT FROM: Greenwood Today
ANDERSON- DHEC Region 1 will be offering H1N1 flu vaccine on Monday, November 16 from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at your local health department for Day Care staff and children who attend a Day Care. Region 1 Health Departments are in Abbeville, Anderson, Edgefield, Greenwood, Laurens, McCormick, Oconee (Walhalla office) and Saluda counties.

The Aiken County Family Y and North Augusta Family Y now offer free childcare to unemployed parents while they are out on job interviews.

Melodie Samson drafted a recent letter with a strong message to parents of children in her day care center.

The number of at-home day cares is growing in South Carolina while a handful of larger centers, which are more costly and tightly regulated, have closed, state records show.

An Orangeburg senator and criminal defense lawyer likely has killed a bill that requires day-care operators who seriously harm children to serve minimum prison sentences, bill supporters say.

ALLENDALE/BARNWELL, S.C. --- Another sign of the times, a state center for special needs children is closed. It's in Allendale and it serves over 20 children from our area. We show you how you can help bring this much-needed facility back.