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09/28/2009 What to Consider When Choosing Childcare
Oprah.com

04/17/2009 Child Care on a Budget
ABC News

04/13/2009 Support services
ARMY TIMES

04/04/2009 KACCRRA earns Quality Assurance
The Garden City (KS) Telegram

04/03/2009 NY Child Care Examiner: Daycare Inspection Results Need to be Online
Examiner.com Blogs

04/02/2009 Brown represents Maine parents at D.C. child care conference
Foster's Daily Democrat (Dover, NH)

04/02/2009 Arkansans speak about child care in Washington
Sun (Jonesboro, AR)

04/01/2009 Who's minding the kids?
UNION COUNTY FAMILY (Mountainside NJ)

04/01/2009 Novato woman travels to nationAC/,!,,C/s capitol to advocate for quality childcare
Novato (CA) Advance

03/29/2009 Waterloo resident attends child-care event
COURIER (Waterloo, IA)

03/29/2009 Economy−fueled day care crisis hasn't hit region −− yet
Albany (NY) Times Union

03/27/2009 Kentucky Rises In Rankings Of Child Care Regulations, Child Health and Safety
EMaxHealth.com (Hickory, NC)

03/27/2009 Recession squeezes day care from both sides
MSNBC

03/26/2009 Child care advocates urge progress in state
OKLAHOMAN

03/26/2009 Added relief on child care
Detroit (MI) Free Press

03/26/2009 Fiscal - 2010 - Defense
Congressional Quarterly (Washington,DC)

03/25/2009 Resource center offers help for working parents
ENTERPRISE (Lexington Park, MD)

03/25/2009 Oklahoma gets high marks for child care laws, but improvements needed
Tulsa (OK) World

03/24/2009 Downturn takes toll on child care providers
MLive.com (MI)

03/23/2009 NewYork is most costly for child care
BUFFALO NEWS

03/22/2009 Health and Science Review
Arizona Republic

03/22/2009 Downturn takes toll on child care providers
FLINT JOURNAL (Flint, MI)

03/20/2009 State of TN earns high marks in national child care report card
NASHVILLE PRIDE

03/20/2009 Want safe child care? You're on your own
LEWISTON TRIBUNE (Lewiston, ID)

03/19/2009 Parents' partner: Our View Idaho Must Pay a Greater Role in Day Care Regulation
SPOKESMAN-REVIEW

03/17/2009 Your Updated Guide To MILITARY CHILD CARE
Military Money (Orlando,FL)

03/16/2009 Military Child Care Takes Top Quality Spots in National Report
DefenseLINK News (Alexandria, VA)

03/16/2009 Morale - Welfare Overview
Congressional Quarterly (Washington,DC)

03/16/2009 Report says Arizona's child care needs work
Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ)

03/15/2009 Day care centers feel economy's 'trickle-down' effect
Muskegon (MI) Chronicle

03/15/2009 High cost forces tough choices for parents
The Billings (MT) Gazette

03/15/2009 Day care regulation in Idaho
The Idaho Press-Tribune (Nampa, ID)

03/14/2009 DoD child care tops 50 states, report says
Military Avenue (Grand Rapids,MI)

03/13/2009 State rules on child care rank sixth
OKLAHOMAN

03/13/2009 Day care licensing approved by Senate
The Idaho Press-Tribune (Nampa, ID)

03/13/2009 Child-care oversight rated
Tulsa (OK) World

03/13/2009 Tennessee ranks third for child care
Money Central (Redmond, WA)

03/13/2009 Day-care licensing bill moves on
Lewiston Tribune (ID)

03/13/2009 U.S. Rep. Peters proposes child-care tax credit
Detroit (MI) News

03/12/2009 Peters to introduce his first bill: Increased tax credit for child care
Detroit Free Press

03/12/2009 DoD child care tops 50 states, report says
Air Force Times, Marine Corps Times, Army Times, Navy Times

03/03/2009 Schools Crunch Calculus of Stimulus
Wall Street Journal

03/01/2009 Faculty member's research aims to assure quality childcare
THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY'S MAGAZINE (Harrisburg, PA)

02/27/2009 Beneficiary Advocacy
Congressional Quarterly (Washington DC)

02/27/2009 Forum tackles challenges of military wives
Fayetteville (NC) Observer-Times

02/27/2009 Forum tackles challenges of military wives
FAYETTEVILLE OBSERVER (Fayetteville, NC)

02/26/2009 Mother Load: As jobs disappear, child care suffers
Bergen (NJ) Record

02/24/2009 Differing standards for licensed child care centers and state-funded pre-K programs
Hopewell News, Hopewell, VA

02/19/2009 Trickle down childcare
Kingston Times (Woodstock,NY)

02/18/2009 City rejects inspection plan
MANHATTAN MERCURY (Manhattan, KS)

02/16/2009 More Dallas−area parents turning to day care at night
Dallas (TX) Morning News

02/13/2009 Crisis genera nuevos horarios para padres y guarderias
Al Dia (Dallas,TX) (SPL)

02/10/2009 Child Care Reports To Be Offered Online
WBAL-TV Channel 11 (Baltimore, MD)

02/10/2009 How good is your child care? Md. parents can find out online
WTOP (Maryland)

02/10/2009 Handled with care
DALLAS MORNING NEWS

02/10/2009 Grant Dollars Available For Those Who Qualify
SEBEKA - MENAHGA REVIEW MESSENGER (Menahga, MN)

02/10/2009 Grandparents serve as support to help out working parents
CROSBY-IRONTON COURIER (Crosby, MN)

02/10/2009 Md. Offers Child-Care Inspection Data Online
WASHINGTON POST

02/07/2009 Why child care, Head Start funding do belong in the stimulus package
JOURNAL NEWS (CENTRAL EDITION) (White Plains, NY)

02/07/2009 Why child care, Head Start fundingdobelong in the stimulus package
Journal News (White Plains,NY)

02/05/2009 Day care dilemma
DAILY JOURNAL (Kankakee, IL)

02/05/2009 Parents' choices
The Sampson Independent (Clinton, NC)

02/05/2009 States contribute to child care decline
DAILY JOURNAL (Kankakee, IL)

02/02/2009 Guarderias ayudan ante desempleo
Al Dia (Dallas,TX) (SPL)

02/02/2009 The Granny Nanny Phenomenon
AARP Bulletin (Washington, DC)

02/01/2009 Baby, Budget Buster
CHARLOTTE MAGAZINE (North Carolina)

02/01/2009 Grandparents Make First-Rate Babysitters
Baltimore's Child

02/01/2009 Guard Families Eligible For Child Care Subsidy
NATIONAL GUARD (Washington DC)

01/31/2009 Md. parents can see child care reports
DELAWARE STATE NEWS

01/30/2009 Is Economy Crippling Day Cares?
KIRO-TV Channel 7 (Seattle, WA)

01/30/2009 New online record system allowing parents to get full story on child care
WMAL (Washington, DC)

01/30/2009 We have to be smart, for our children
South Florida Sun-Sentinel Blogs

01/30/2009 Army child care to provide more options
Northwest Guardian (Fort Lewis,WA)

01/29/2009 Survey Tracks Parents' Perceptions of Child Care in the United States
MILPITAS POST

01/27/2009 Penn State Live - Faculty member's research aims to assure quality child care
Penn State Live (University Park, PA)

01/27/2009 School Money
DAILY CHRONICLE (De Kalb, IL)

01/27/2009 Wyoming 4-H invites participation in Operation: Military Kids program
High Plains Journal (Dodge City, KS)

01/26/2009 Safety First
INTELLIGENCER (Wheeling, WV)

01/23/2009 More Parents Face a Child Care Crisis
ABC Online (NY)

01/21/2009 NE Dist. CCR-R Grant Dollars Available
SEBEKA - MENAHGA REVIEW MESSENGER (Menahga, MN)

01/18/2009 2,000 Attend 'Children's Inaugural Ball' Event to Celebrate The New President
Washington Business Journal

01/15/2009 Grandparents Serve as Support for Working Parents When Formal Child Care Falls Through
FLOODWOOD FORUM (Minnesota)

01/14/2009 State needs tougher rules for day cares
IDAHO STATE JOURNAL

01/14/2009 The 9-to-5 day becomes a casualty of the 24/7 world
KDBC-TV Channel 4 (El Paso,TX)

01/11/2009 Child care enrollment on decline
SUNDAY DAILY SUN (Flagstaff. AZ)

01/11/2009 Crikey: Public Radio and Public TV want a $550 million bailout
Michelle Malkin, Web site

01/07/2009 Day Care Dilemma
IDAHO STATE JOURNAL

01/06/2009 Families cut back on day care as costs rise
DAILY TIMES CHRONICLE (Woodburn, MA)

01/06/2009 Dwindling enrollment
STAR-LEDGER (Newark, NJ)

01/06/2009 Recession causes drop in daycare enrollment
Newark (NJ) Star Ledger

01/04/2009 Watching Your Children Part I: 'It's about the kids'
Chicago (IL) Sun Times

01/03/2009 Fewer Valley children show up at child care
KNXV-TV Channel 15 (Phoenix, AZ)

01/03/2009 Sour economy hits child care
JACKSON CITIZEN PATRIOT (Michigan)

01/02/2009 More Than Half Of Kids Under 6 In Child Care
PONCA CITY NEWS (Oklahoma)

01/02/2009 Study shows big jump in cost of child care in Louisville
BUSINESS FIRST LOUISVILLE

12/31/2008 Families cut back on day care as costs -- and worries -- rise
WWBT-TV Channel 12 (Richmond,VA)

12/28/2008 Personal finance: Families cut back on day care in hard times
Fort Worth (TX) Star-Telegram

12/28/2008 Help for families of Guard members available
WAUSAU DAILY HERALD (Wisconsin)

12/28/2008 Nannies first to go when cash gets tight
GALVESTON COUNTY DAILY NEWS

12/27/2008 Demand for day care remains steady in Enid
ENID NEWS & EAGLE (Oklahoma)

12/25/2008 Parents save by cutting day care
WORCESTER COUNTY TIMES

12/24/2008 Parents save by cutting day care
OCEAN PINES INDEPENDENT (Maryland)

12/24/2008 Las Vegas likely to hand off oversight of centers
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

12/24/2008 Tighter Times
METRO KIDS DELAWARE

06/30/2008 Child-Care Center Violations Online
Wisconsin State Journal

06/29/2008 Minimal Regulation of Child Care in N.J.
Asbury Park Press (New Jersey)

06/22/2008 Who Cares About Day Care?
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

05/28/2008 Checking Up: States' Reports On Child-Care Centers Hit Web
The Wall Street Journal

05/21/2008 How to Prepare Baby Sitters for Disasters
Foster's Daily Democrat (New Hampshire)

05/20/2008 Making Day Care Safer During a Disaster
The Daily Journal (California)

05/05/2008 Child Care Gets a Special Mother's Day Promotion
Women's eNews

04/13/2008 Child-Care Challenge
The Wall Street Journal

02/24/2008 Day Care Dilemma: Few Facilities Can Handle Disabled Kids
Post-Crescent (Wisconsin)

02/21/2008 The Brat Race: In Diapers And on a Day-Care Wait List
Wall Street Journal

02/19/2008 City Crafts New Day Care Rules
Argus Leader (South Dakota)

02/15/2008 Licensing Plan for Home Care Providers Must Dodge Financial Bullets
Business First (Ohio)

02/13/2008 Oklahoma Ranks No. 1 in Family Child Care Oversight and Standards
Examiner-Enterprise (Oklahoma)

02/05/2008 Lawmakers Renew Effort to Tighten ID Day Care Rules
Twin Falls Times-News (Idaho)

02/04/2008 In-Home Daycare May Be Hazardous to Your Child's Health
Associated Content

02/01/2008 Where the Day Care Goes
The Post-Standrad (New York)

02/01/2008 Standards for Safety: State Should Improve Oversight of Day Care
Daytona Beach News-Journal (Florida)

01/31/2008 Homeland Security for Military Families
The Northeast Times (Philadelphia)

01/29/2008 Lower Child Death Rate
Muskogee Daily Phoenix (Oklahoma)

01/29/2008 Changes Could Push Out Some Child Care Providers
The Athens Messenger (Ohio)

01/29/2008 Don’t Cut Inspections
Pasadena Star-News (California)

01/28/2008 Montana Home-Based Child Care Ranks Low
Bozeman Daily Chronicle (Montana)

01/26/2008 State Ranks Last in Child Care Regs
Virgnia Gazette

01/23/2008 State Scores Low in Day Care Homes
Daytona Beach Journal News (Florida)

01/23/2008 Oklahoma Best, Kansas Worst in Family Child Care Homes
Pravada (Russia)

01/23/2008 Keeping Kids Safer in Home Care
The Enquirer (Ohio)

01/23/2008 Kansas Again Earns Low Marks in Child Care
The Wichita Eagle (Kansas)

01/23/2008 Report: Oklahoma Child-Care Standards Best in U.S
Tulsa World (Oklahoma)

01/23/2008 State Child Care Standards Rank First in Nation
The Oklahoman

01/23/2008 Association Gives Kansas Low Marks for Child Care Oversight
Eyewitness News 12 (Kansas)

01/23/2008 Report Denounces Lack of Standards for Small, Home-Based Child-Care Operations
Orlando Sentinel (Florida)

01/22/2008 Are Child Care Costs Crippling Finances?
The News Tribune (Massachusetts)

01/22/2008 The State of Day Care - Sticker Shock: Parents Struggle to Pay One of the Highest Price Tags for Child Care Nationally
The Patriot Ledger (Massachusetts)

01/22/2008 Child Care: Parents Shoulder Heavy Cost Burden
The Enterprise (Massachusetts)

01/20/2008 Some Centers Say They Are Inspected Only Once Every Two Years PLUS PLUS
Sunday Enterprise (Massachusetts)

01/18/2008 The Child-Care Crisis
MSN

01/06/2008 Low Standards, Lax Oversight
The Post and Courier (South Carolina)

01/03/2008 The Squeeze on the Middle Class
MSN

12/11/2007 New Program Helps Families Pay for Quality Child Care
Dallas Business Journal

12/07/2007 Making the Preschool Cut
Smartmoney.com

11/16/2007 Childcare Bridge International, Inc. Announces Collaborative Partnership with the Minnesota Licensed Family Child Care Association
pr.com

11/14/2007 We Can and Must Improve Child Care
The Ledger Independent (Kentucky)

11/11/2007 Universal Preschool Pushed
The Republican (Massachusetts)

11/10/2007 Survey: State Has Least Affordable Infant Care
Post-Crescent (Wisconsin)

11/09/2007 Monroe Should Reverse Course on Child Care Subsidies
Democrat and Chronicle (New York)

11/06/2007 Childcare Expenses Detailed in Gallatin Valley
KPAX-TV (Montana)

10/29/2007 State among least affordable for infant child care
WKBT News (Wisconsin)

10/28/2007 Confronting the state's high cost of child care
Fond du Lac Reporter

10/24/2007 Our View: Employers should help parents with child care costs or pay indirectly in productivity
Fayetteville Observer

10/21/2007 High priority, high cost of child care
Fayetteville Observer (North Carolina)

10/18/2007 None Dare Call It Child Care
The New York Times

10/13/2007 Quality child care an uphill battle
Syracuse Post-Standard

10/12/2007 High cost of child care
CBS WTVH (New York)

10/10/2007 N.Y. High on Costliest Child Care List
Syracuse Post-Standard

10/08/2007 Day Care Dilemma
The Spokesman-Review

09/05/2007 Can we end poverty by 2020?
The Minnesota Daily

08/21/2007 Make smart financial moves as a single parent
MSNBC.com

08/07/2007 With preschool soaring, parents seek alternatives
Smartmoney.com

08/06/2007 Help available for parents choosing child care
Ada Evening News (Oklahoma)

08/01/2007 Child care service to help troops
The Fayetteville Observer

07/01/2007 Parents are urged to do their homework when seeking daycare
The Enid News & Eagle (Oklahoma)

06/18/2007 Day care owners balk at costly new background checks for employees
Austin American-Statesman

06/05/2007 SC's child care has room for improvement
WIStv (South Carolina)

05/30/2007 Provider Appreciation Day celebrated
News Times (OR)

05/14/2007 Child caregivers provide love, education
The Logan Daily News (Ohio)

05/13/2007 A practical present for mom
The Boston Globe

05/11/2007 Today is National Child Care Provider Appreciation Day
Ada Evening News (Oklahoma)

05/07/2007 Summer child-care a challenge for parents
Bluffton Today (South Carolina)

04/05/2007 How To Run A Child Care Center: Metrics
Forbes.com

03/28/2007 Child care quality matters
Ada Evening News (Oklahoma)

03/06/2007 Long Wait List for Va. Child-Care Subsidy Pushes Parents to Choose Lesser of Evils
The Washington Post

03/02/2007 Md. Ranked No. 4 Among States For Child-Care Center Standards
The Washington Post

03/01/2007 We Can Do Better: NACCRRA’s Ranking of State Child Care Center Standards and Oversight generated media coverage in virtually every state. Read the news in your state.

03/01/2007 States too lax on day-care centers, survey warns
MSNBC

02/28/2007 Head Start must have adequate funding
The Stamford Times (CT)

01/30/2007 Parents Stay Connected to Kids at Daycare
W*USA 9 (DC)

01/22/2007 Local nonprofit proposes standard requirements for child care workers
The Washington Examiner (DC)

01/17/2007 A New Plan May Increase Child Care Employee Training
WCTV-6 (Florida)

01/14/2007 Quality child care expensive: Wisconsin, Minnesota are among the least affordable states for child care at a center
LaCrosse Tribune (Wisconsin)

12/28/2006 Child Care You Can Count On! Part I
What Really Matters (vickyandjen.com)

11/20/2006 Protecting children when disaster strikes
Washington Examiner

11/13/2006 The Tip Sheet Checklist: Read the booklet 'Is This the Right Place for My Child?'
Newsweek

10/20/2006 Growing family on one income? You can probably manage it, but it requires planning
USA Today

09/21/2006 Child-care plan
Dallas Morning News

09/11/2006 Daycare centers unprepared for disaster, studies show
WBBH NBC2 (Florida); WRC NBC4 (Washington, DC)

09/07/2006 Emergency Resources for Child Care Centers
Anchorage Daily News

09/07/2006 Work & Family Mailbox
Wall Street Journal

09/07/2006 Doyle proposes child care tax deduction
Duluth News Tribune (Wisconsin)

09/07/2006 Gov. Doyle: Proposes Making Child Care Expenses Tax Deductible in Wisconsin
WisPolitics.com (Wisconsin)

08/18/2006 Bellevue short on day care
Bellevue Leader

08/17/2006 Disaster planning for child care
CBS 10 (Texas)

08/16/2006 National study urges childcare centers to adopt disaster plan
The Daily Item (Massachusetts)

08/15/2006 Disaster planning for child care
Cox Television (nationwide)

08/15/2006 Disaster planning for child care
CBS 11 KTVT (Dallas, TX)

08/10/2006 Lack of child care providers leaves parents 'frazzled'
Seaside Signal (Oregon)

08/01/2006 Early childhood learning
Toddlers Today

07/28/2006 Parents worry about quality, cost of child care
Bend Bulletin

07/27/2006 Daycare's Shocking Statistics
FoxNews.com

07/19/2006 Making the Right Choice
Nashua Telegraph (New Hampshire)

07/19/2006 Child Care Series
Nashua Telegraph (New Hampshire)

07/19/2006 Agencies can help parents find a place that suits their needs
Nashua Telegraph (New Hampshire)

07/19/2006 More companies offering child care services for employees: Employers such as Dublin’s Sybase make investments in on-site care to attract working parents
Tri-Valley Herald (California)

07/18/2006 Child-care quality vs. cost: Parents claim it’s too pricey; providers say expenses high
Nashua Telegraph (New Hampshire)

07/18/2006 Child Care workers give up cash for career
Nashua Telegraph (New Hampshire)

07/18/2006 Child care program gains quality certification
KTVZ.com (Redmond, Oregon)

07/14/2006 Child Care Cuts Create Funding Crunch in States
Women's eNews

07/13/2006 CHILD CARE CHOICES: Are your kids healthy, happy and safe?
Angie's List (online consumer publication)

07/01/2006 WM Guide to Child Care
Working Mother Magazine

06/22/2006 Making sure daycare centers are safe in an emergency
Tampa Bay's 10 News

06/19/2006 Work & Family: Disaster planning at day care centers
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

06/18/2006 Iowa Needs to Ante Up for Working Families (Letter to the editor from Linda Smith, NACCRRA's executive director)
Des Moines Register

06/16/2006 Day care centers plan for disasters
Enterprise Ledger

06/16/2006 5 Steps to Choosing Summer Child Care
Fox Carolina

06/15/2006 Disaster Planning at Day Care: Centers to Get New Guidelines for Emergencies
The Wall Street Journal

06/14/2006 Summer Child Care for Working Moms
ABC's Good Morning America

06/11/2006 Where's the support for families?
Des Moines Register

05/23/2006 All about communication, education
The Business Journal of Milwaukee

05/21/2006 Child-care research uncovers a gap in goals
Tulsa World

05/21/2006 Quality before childcare cost, parents say
Boca Raton News

05/13/2006 Poll: Child care quality and costs concern parents
Greeley Tribune

05/11/2006 Work & Family Mailbox
The Wall Street Journal

05/11/2006 Child care costs exceed college tuition expenses
Jackson Hole Star Tribune

05/09/2006 Child care pricier than college
Billings Gazette

05/08/2006 Cost of child care in Wyoming exceeds cost of college tuition
Casper Star Tribune

05/08/2006 When, exactly, did day care start costing more than college?
Wyoming Tribune-Eagle

05/01/2006 Child-care costs weigh on workers
Asbury Park Press

04/18/2006 High costs of child care can lead to lifestyle changes, adjustments
USA Today

04/18/2006 High Child Care Costs Can Lead to Lifestyle Changes
WTOP Radio

04/01/2006 Day-Care Costs Around the Country
Parents Magazine

03/23/2006 Work & Family: Some states rate day-care centers to boost quality
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

03/23/2006 Finding Five-Star Child Care: States Rate Facilities in Effort to Boost Quality
The Wall Street Journal