EXCERPT FROM: Washington Post
By Petula Dvorak
I really thought it wouldn't get much worse than the unpaid college internship.

EXCERPT FROM: Child Care Education Institute
Press Release
Duluth, GA/ January 26, 2010 - ChildCare Education Institute (CCEI), a distance training institution dedicated exclusively to the child care industry, announces today that it has been accredited by the Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training
Council (DETC).

EXCERPT FROM: Vail Daily
By Staff Reporter
VAIL VALLEY — Eagle County Health & Human Services' Early Head Start program in Colorado's Vail Valley will get $1.1 million in federal stimulus funds over the next two years.

EXCERPT FROM: The Buffalo News
By Harold McNeil
Sherine Weaver of Buffalo fought to keep her composure as she pleaded with county officials Wednesday not to cut off her child care subsidy for her two children.

EXCERPT FROM: Springfield News-Sun
By Bridgette Outten
SPRINGFIELD — The effects of Job and Family Services of Clark County’s budget cuts continue as the agency closed the doors of a small child care center located on its Lagonda campus this week.

EXCERPT FROM: WSFA 12 News
News release from Montgomery Public Schools
Montgomery, ALA.  – Alabama Governor Bob Riley, Mayor Todd Strange, Superintendent Barbara Thompson, and other state and community leaders joined together today to celebrate a model pre-k partnership that has increased the number of Montgomery programs by three-fold.

EXCERPT FROM: The Buffalo News
By Harold McNeil
Two local nonprofit groups are offering after-school care services for some parents who may be affected by Erie County’s plan to cut day care subsidies to about 1,500 children whose parents rely on the aid.

EXCERPT FROM: Pennlive.com
By Jeanette Krebs
Like most grandparents, Bob Godshall worries about his grandchildren.
So when his 3-year-old granddaughter started going to day care, he checked out the regulations for state inspections of the facilities.

EXCERPT FROM: CNN Politics
Contributor: CNN's Suzanne Malveaux
Washington (CNN) – President Barack Obama will propose nearly doubling the child-care tax credit for middle-class families on Monday, according to a White House official.

EXCERPT FROM: NJToday.net
WASHINGTON, D.C.—States can save money and stimulate their economies by protecting funding for effective pre-kindergarten and home visiting programs, according to a new issue brief by the Partnership for America’s Economic Success.