Child care

May 5, 2008 -- PHILADELPHIA, PA - U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) today proposed landmark legislation to reverse chronic underfunding of child care and increase the availability of high-quality child care to children in low-income and working class families. This gross underfunding over the last seven years has left only one in seven eligible children receiving federal assistance and the national average wage for child care workers is barely above the poverty line.    » read more »

February 8, 2008 -- "I am disappointed to see that the President has continued to ignore America's neediest families by freezing appropriated funding for child care assistance for low-income families for the seventh consecutive year, even as the percentage of children under six with only working parents has grown.    » read more »

SILVER SPRING, Md., Nov. 7 – Discovery Communications today announced plans to open Discovery Kids Place and Crikey Cove, an onsite childcare facility at the company’s global headquarters in Summer 2008. The company will honor Steve Irwin in special ways throughout the center by celebrating his passion for protecting and preserving wildlife, and for his devotion to his family. Terri Irwin attended a ceremony today at the company’s global headquarters to dedicate the center in her husband’s memory.    » read more »

August 22, 2007 -- New York Governor Eliot Spitzer today announced that the state has granted more than $21 million to not-for-profit child care referral agencies across the state that help parents find child care services for their children, and an additional $1.1 million to agencies that advise providers on how to best care for the special needs of infants and toddlers. The funds will expand services that help parents access quality child care.    » read more »

August 22, 2007 -- New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has signed into law legislation that protects working mothers. ability to continue providing nutrient-rich breast milk to their infants upon return to the workplace.

The legislation requires employers to provide uncompensated time, and make a reasonable effort to provide private space for women to express milk or nurse their children for a period of up to three years following the birth of a child. In addition, it also bars an employer from discriminating against an employee exercising this right.    » read more »

Child Care Tax Credit Will Assist Low-income Families with the Cost of Child Care

August 2, 2007 -- New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Governor Eliot Spitzer today announced that the Governor has signed into law a local Child Care Tax Credit-a key recommendation of the Mayor's Poverty Commission. The tax credit is designed to assist low-income and underemployed families with the cost of child care for children under the age of four, and it is estimated that up to 49,000 New York City families will qualify for this benefit.    » read more »

State to infuse program with $45 million

FRANKFORT, Ky. (July 17, 2007) – Governor Ernie Fletcher and officials from the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) today announced an infusion of $45 million to the state’s Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) to make child care more affordable and simplify the process for providers.    » read more »