Early Childhood Focus

Parent: Child Care Provider Had Too Many Kids

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 19:19:29 PST

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

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 10:26:44 PST

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

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 09:51:00 PST

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

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 18:03:39 PST

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

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:42:26 PST

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

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:21:08 PST

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

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:46:15 PST

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

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:04:10 PST

Early child care and education is a growing concern for people across the nation.

Expenses Imperil USD Child Care

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:38:06 PST

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

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:45:04 PST

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.

Program To Help Unemployed With Child Care

Wed, 13 May 2009 10:40:21 PST

A new state program is aimed at helping working parents who suddenly find themselves out of work.

New Program to Help South Dakotans with Child Care

Tue, 12 May 2009 17:11:14 PST

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Governor Rounds says a new program begins June 1 that will provide child care help for recently unemployed South Dakotans while they search for work.

Child Care: Closing Would Have Caused 'Hardship'

Wed, 06 May 2009 10:11:14 PST

The relaxed H1N1 restrictions couldn't have come at better time for parents and staff at the Youth Enrichment Services day care on 57th Street.

Sioux Falls Child Care Shut After Flu Finding

Mon, 04 May 2009 17:32:22 PST

The YWCA South Childcare Center will close temporarily as a precautionary measure because a child who might have been exposed to the H1N1 flu attends the day care.

Hub City In Need of Childcare

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:09:43 PST

The next morning when I walked in staff said the phone had been ringing off the hook and they were glad that I was here to start taking phone calls. We had a lot of phone calls," says Shelley Buckmeier, Director of the Bethesda Day Care.

High Marks For PRE-K School

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:23:53 PST

It's an issue South Dakota legislators have debated several times in the past few years. New data may give lawmakers the extra push to create voluntary pre-k standards for providers to follow. Last session, the legislature killed a bill that would have set voluntary standards for such programs.

Family Child Care Rules Endorsed

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:50:21 PST

Sioux Falls city councilors Monday night approved the first reading of an ordinance that places more regulations on in-home day care providers.

Child Care Background Checks

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:48:20 PST

When you drop your child off at day care how confident are you that you know the person watching your precious child?

Poll: Parents say finding child care isn't easy

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 10:17:09 PST

Shortly after Mary Lloyd-Huber gave birth to her first child, she registered Ellie at a day care center. Next March, shortly after Ellie's first birthday, there finally should be an opening.