EXCERPT FROM: Review Messenger
Washington, D.C. – Today U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, introduced legislation that will strengthen nutritional standards and promote healthy lifestyles for children in child care and after school programs. The Healthy Living Starts Early Act of 2010 calls for changes to the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) to provide health education and guidance for child care providers and implements nutrition standards for meals served in the program. Currently, one in four children are either obese or overweight before entering kindergarten. Joining Klobuchar in introducing this legislation is Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA).
EXCERPT FROM: SouthCoastToday.com
By Kimberly Carvalho
My friend is a mother raising an infant and cannot afford day care. Her family's economic status is considered middle class, as she and her husband are both employed. As a concerned friend, I would like to emphasize the importance of lowering the cost of day care for middle-class families. With costs averaging about $11,000 a year, Massachusetts has the most expensive day care in the United States.
EXCERPT FROM: MLive.com
By Lynn Moore
WEST MICHIGAN -- About 800 relatives and in-home day care aides who provide child care in Muskegon County must receive six hours of training to continue getting paid with state child care subsidies.
EXCERPT FROM: Washington Examiner
By Zinie Chen Sampson
RICHMOND, VA. — Teachers, child-advocacy groups and other supporters of Virginia's preschool program for low-income pupils are urging legislators not to cut funding for what they consider a crucial investment in children's educational and economic future.
EXCERPT FROM: Times-Herald.com
Editorial
Georgia's state lottery may be best known for its HOPE scholarship program which provides college tuition to qualifying Georgia high school students who choose to get their college education in our state.
EXCERPT FROM: PRNewswire
By PRNewswire
DULUTH, Ga., Feb. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- ChildCare Education Institute (CCEI) gives child care professionals the opportunity to aid the campaign against childhood obesity. Child care staff can enroll in HLTH100: Early Childhood Obesity, at no cost, and learn strategies for combating childhood obesity.
EXCERPT FROM: Jacksonville.com
By Deirdre Conner
When Maribel Hernandez got the school bus postcard two weeks before her daughter headed off to Douglas Anderson School of the Arts this year, she felt her stomach drop.
EXCERPT FROM: Edmonton Journal
By Jeff Bisanz
Re: "Caring for kids goes corporate; Expected stock listing of daycare operator has some people in industry uneasy," The Journal, Jan. 25.
The article's focus on corporations creating childcare spaces is understandable, but it reflects what we regard as a misunderstanding of the issue.
EXCERPT FROM: Canton Journal
Canton — Canton has received a $150,000 award to convert the Rodman Preschool’s heating system from steam to energy-saving hot water, under a special round of federal stimulus funding announced by Governor Deval Patrick.
EXCERPT FROM: Highlands Today
By Marc Valero
SEBRING - Financial deficits the last two years, coupled with projections for higher enrollment, are raising budget red flags for Florida's Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten (VPK) Program.