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|  | News Items Posted On: March 1, 2006
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WI - United Way tackles early childhood
Submitted by emohan. Posted on Wednesday, March 01 @ 15:53:56 EST by emohan
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Early childhood services are the focus of Dane County United Way in 2006, agency leaders announced at their annual meeting.
Early intervention is important, President Leslie Ann Howard told key donors at a reception Monday at the Monona Terrace Convention Center. "We know that 33 percent of children coming to school don't have age-appropriate skills," she said.
Differences in preparedness of children from educated middle-income families and low-income families where parents have limited education are stark, Howard said.
Children entering school from families where parents have limited literacy have vocabularies averaging 800 words, while those from more literate families use 10,000 words. Middle-income children have been read to an average of some 1,000 hours, compared with low-income children who have been read to only 25 hours, she said.
Preparing children for school is an item on United Way's seven-goal community Agenda for Change, which also includes improving access to health care and reducing homelessness - goals highlighted over the past two years.
Full text available at The Capital Times
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NJ - Overlooked child care industry has big economic, social impact
Submitted by emohan. Posted on Wednesday, March 01 @ 15:49:50 EST by emohan
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Child care operations, from public preschool providers and large day care centers down to small home providers, have a bigger impact on New Jersey's economy than many higher-profile industries, the first study on the issue shows.
That impact ranges from economic and societal effects to future work force development and reduced crime, according to a report released Tuesday by the New Jersey Child Care Economic Impact Council, a group of day care providers, advocates and business and government leaders.
"Many people felt that the child care community was more like baby-sitting services and not really an industry," said Ana Berdecia, co-chair of the child care council. "It needs to be paid attention to by policy makers throughout the state."
Titled "Benefits for All," the report estimated the child care industry in New Jersey, covering programs for children up to age 13, had a direct economic impact last year of $2.55 billion. That's the total revenues that flowed into the 4,337 licensed child care centers and nearly 12,000 other sites providing child care covered by the study.
That amount is less than the annual revenues of New Jersey's nursing and residential care facilities (about $4.5 billion a year) and of machinery manufacturers, but more than the revenues of the agriculture, scientific research and development, and hotel industries in New Jersey, excluding casino hotels.
Also, the estimated 65,300 full-time equivalent jobs in child care exceed employment totals for major sectors such as telecommunications, pharmaceutical manufacturing, real estate and rentals, and transportation and warehousing.
Full text available at phillyburbs.com
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UT - Child-care license restriction gets initial Senate approval
Submitted by emohan. Posted on Wednesday, March 01 @ 15:43:43 EST by emohan
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A bill that would restrict who can obtain a license to operate a child-care facility achieved initial support of the Senate on Monday.
HB254 would prohibit anyone from attaining a license if he or she resides at the premises where child care is provided and lives with someone who has been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor.
"I think overall this will help tighten up
the licensing of child care in our state," said Sen. Michael Waddoups, R-Taylorsville, the Senate sponsor of the measure.
Full text available at Deseret News
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