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

04/14/2008 Parents Weigh Day-Care Options Online
Washington Post

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

04/03/2008 Million-Dollar Babies
Time Magazine

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

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

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 Don’t Cut Inspections
Pasadena Star-News (California)

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

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 Kansas Again Earns Low Marks in Child Care
The Wichita Eagle (Kansas)

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

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

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

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 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)

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

01/20/2008 Some Centers Say They Are Inspected Only Once Every Two Years
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 States too lax on day-care centers, survey warns
MSNBC

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.

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
CBS 11 KTVT (Dallas, TX)

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

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 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 Making the Right Choice
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

06/24/2006 Child Care: Preparing for Disasters
Fox & Friends, Fox News

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

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

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

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

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

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

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