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JUST RELEASED!
Underprotected, Undersupported: Low-income
Children at Risk
April 2009
National
report on unlicensed child care reports that
Alabama’s policy of exempting some child care
programs from meeting basic standards
jeopardizes the health, safety, and well being
of children.
See summary here.
See report here.
Visit ARC web site |
Good News for Parents with Children on the Child
Care Subsidy Program
DHR won't make cuts to child care subsidy
program
The Associated Press
Published: Friday, April 17, 2009 at 2:40 p.m.
Officials with the Alabama Department of Human
Resources say they will not make reductions to a
program that subsidizes day care costs for low
income parents.
DHR had planned to lower the income eligibility
requirements for the program beginning May 1
because of state budget cuts. But DHR
Commissioner Nancy Buckner said Friday the
department will receive federal stimulus money
that will allow the program to be fully funded.
More than 27,000 Alabama children receive day
care through the program.
Buckner said the subsidy program allows low
income parents to continue to work while their
children receive day care. |
