EXCERPT FROM: The Olympian
By Staff
A coalition of 18 Thurston County agencies and people has aligned its efforts to advance early-childhood
education, but a panel of educators says too many gaps still exist in reaching children from birth through age 5.
EXCERPT FROM: Public News Service
By STAFF
SEATTLE - About 2,500 low-wage working families in Washington will soon be scrambling to afford their child care. They are being disqualified from receiving state child care assistance under the Working Connections program, as part of last week's budget cuts.
EXCERPT FROM: KPLU
By Gary Davis
(KPLU) - Among the budget cuts announced by Governor Chris Gregoire on Thursday are child care subsidies to families on welfare. Gregoire says September's revenue forecast is likely to be bleak, and the outlook prompted her to make $51 million in reductions to the state's Workfirst program.
EXCERPT FROM: BirthtoThrive Online
By Paul Nyhan
With time running out in the Washington State legislative session, a cut in child care subsidies for poor families remains a $30-million part of a House plan to balance the budget, though the Senate appears to support more funding.
EXCERPT FROM: The News Tribune
By Kristi Pihl
PASCO — A little girl bends over a coloring book, her crayon spreading red across the page.
EXCERPT FROM: Birth to Thrive Online
By Paul Nyhan
In one of the toughest budget seasons in recent years, Washington State Gov. Christine Gregoire offered some good early learning news, restoring funding for 1,500 public preschool slots and child care subsidies for working poor families in her new budget.
EXCERPT FROM: The Seattle Times
By Donna Gordon Blankinship
SEATTLE — Despite the economic downturn, Washington state's education leaders say the time is right for improving the way children are prepared for kindergarten and beyond.
BREMERTON — Sixty-five tots will escape the waiting list when a new child-care facility opens at Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton.
It's never been easy being a Navy wife.
BELLINGHAM - Gun sales would be banned near the city's 50 state-licensed day care centers, 19 public schools and four colleges, under a draft law. It would also ban sales near at least 13 private and religious schools.