WVa Raises Payments for Child Care Providers

Posted in: Impact of the Economy on Child Care, West Virginia

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia has raised its payments to facilities that provide child care to parents who receive financial help from the state.


Hasbargen: Disaster Plans in Place

Posted in: West Virginia

PARKERSBURG - A national organization suggests West Virginia schools and child-care facilities are unprepared to respond to the needs of children during a disaster.


Report Stresses Importance of Early Childhood Education

Posted in: West Virginia

Imagine West Virginia, a state-wide independent research entity, released a report Monday on early childhood programs in West Virginia.


Working Families Get Support

Posted in: West Virginia

Charleston - Working families and parents in school or educational classes can receive financial support for child care through the West Virginia Child Care Program.


20 Child Care: Morgantown Makes Child Care A Top Priority In 2007

Posted in: Quality, West Virginia
Morgantown City Council has declared 2008 the "Year of the Child." But 2007 was more like the "Year of Child Care."

KIDS COUNT Launches Effort to Improve Child Care

Posted in: Quality, West Virginia

West Virginia KIDS COUNT has worked for 17 years to improve the opportunities and well-being of the children of West Virginia.


Groups warn about cutting Head Start

Posted in: West Virginia, Head Start

By next year, 257 West Virginia children could lose access to Head Start if its funding is cut 1 percent, according to an estimate by the private, nonprofit National Head Start Association.