PITTSBURGH — Cameron Cain, 22, has been charged with kidnapping and interfering with child custody for taking a child from day care and refusing to turn the 2-year-old over to the child’s mother, until the mother gave him her Ford Fusion. Pittsburgh police said Cain took the child from Brightside Academy on Smithfield Street in […]
Author Archives: Childcare Compliance
Staten Island mom busted after leaving liquid marijuana inside 2-year-old’s diaper bag at day care
Cops busted a Staten Island mom who packed a little more than Pampers inside her 2-year-old daughter’s diaper bag before dropping her off at day care, officials said Tuesday. Seven vials of liquid marijuana were found inside the diaper bag when a worker at the Church of the Holy Child day care center on Amboy […]
Democratic Senators Slam Betsy DeVos For Civil Rights Enforcement Cuts
Thirty-four Senate Democrats chastised President Trump’s education secretary in a letter on Tuesday, accusing Betsy DeVos of diminishing enforcement of civil rights laws for students in publicly funded schools — underscoring their long-simmering concerns that DeVos would not protect people of color, LGBT people, and other minority students from unfair treatment. “You claim to support […]
More than a dozen childcare facilities lose Head Start funding
ELMORE COUNTY, AL (WSFA) – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services confirmed the Early Head Start services at centers operated by the Elmore Community Action Committee ended operations on June 21. The committee operated JR Foster Early Head Start in Wetumpka, Robinson Springs Early Head Start in Millbrook and Autaugaville Early Head Start […]
Four complete early childhood education training
SHERIDAN — The 4Kids organization found plenty of success in the inaugural year of its program. The 4Kids organization, a nonprofit aimed at improving child care in the Sheridan area, had four early childhood professionals complete its training over the last year.
Auburn woman faces welfare fraud, grand larceny charges
An Auburn woman was arrested Monday for welfare fraud stemming from allegations that she provided inappropriate childcare. Linda M. Scott, 51, of 178 Seymour St. Apt. 1, Auburn, was charged with fourth-degree welfare fraud and fourth-degree grand larceny, both felonies, after she allegedly received over $2,500 in childcare benefits in 2015 without registering her childcare […]
Wichita mother upset after child involved in investigation at daycare
WICHITA, Kan. A Wichita mother is upset after learning her child is involved in an investigation at his daycare. The mother says she got a call from the Department for Children and Families (DCF) saying her son was involved in an investigation at the South (Wichita) YMCA Early Learning Center.
Daycare floods, owner wants Madison County to fix drainage issues
MADISON, Miss. (WJTV) – A daycare owner wants Madison County to fix drainage issues on her street. Andrea Criddle owns the Children’s Academy on Distribution Dr. near Gluckstadt Rd.
Supreme Court: Blocking church daycare from state funding unconstitutional
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that Missouri’s decision to prevent a church-operated daycare and preschool from receiving funding from a state program was unconstitutional. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the Supreme Court’s 7-2 opinion, which reversed the federal appeals court’s ruling and sent the case back to the lower court for additional proceedings.
CASH IS SUPERIOR TO CHILD CARE
In many parts of the country, the average cost of professional child care exceeds $20,000 per year — a fact which is motivating calls for new subsidies to reduce the cost of child care for low income families. And yet the high cost of child care has no easy fix. Before pouring money into existing […]