Parent: Child Care Provider Had Too Many Kids

Posted in: South Dakota

EXCERPT FROM: Keloland.com
By Ben Dunsmoor
SIOUX FALLS, SD - A Sioux Falls day care provider who was twice cited and fined $300 this year for having too many kids is facing more fines.


Schools Searching for Funds to Save Child Care

Posted in: Impact of the Economy on Child Care, South Dakota

EXCERPT FROM: Rapid City Journal
By Kayla Gahagan
One of the linchpins of keeping teenage parents in school could disappear if additional funding isn't found soon.


S.F. Ready to Step Up Child Care Oversight

Posted in: South Dakota

EXCERPT FROM: Argus Leader
By Megan Luther
New day care inspections in Sioux Falls will, for the first time, lead to oversight of some caregivers inside their homes.


Sioux Falls City Council Looks At Childcare Rules- Owner Agrees

Posted in: South Dakota

EXCERPT FROM: KDLT News
By Melissa Payne
For many parents, it's hard to leave their kids at day care.  But now the City of Sioux Falls is considering new inspection rules that could help give parents a piece of mind.


Child Care Complaints May Be Open

Posted in: South Dakota

EXCERPT FROM: Argus Leader
By Megan Luther
A city policy that prevents parents and others from seeing complaints made against day cares could change under Mayor Mike Huether's administration.


WDTI Childcare Keeps Doors Open, Eyes the Future

Posted in: South Dakota

EXCERPT FROM: Rapid City Journal
BY Kayla Gahagan
They had to make some changes, but school officials say Western Dakota Technical Institute’s Child Development Center is open and operating despite worries last summer that it might be closed.


Child Care Workers, Kids To Get H1N1 Vaccine

Posted in: South Dakota

Some child care facilities in the Sioux Falls area will soon be giving out H1N1 shots to protect workers and kids. But they won't be available to the general public just yet.


Panel: Early Child Care, Education Remains Key

Posted in: South Dakota
Early child care and education is a growing concern for people across the nation.


Expenses Imperil USD Child Care

Posted in: Impact of the Economy on Child Care, South Dakota

A child care center facing financial struggles at the University of South Dakota is considering changes that cause some parents in Vermillion to fear for the agency's future.


Costs Cause Shift in Child Care

Posted in: Impact of the Economy on Child Care, South Dakota

Stay-at-home mom Sarah Neilan wouldn't mind going back to work some days, but her paycheck would go almost entirely to child care expenses.