* Mystery disease kills dozens of children in N Korea Jun 5, 2008
The outbreak is spreading mainly among state-run child daycare centers and kindergartens and no cases of adult infections have been reported, the doctor said. Good Friends said the epidemic had spread to other towns along the border, with patients showing flu-like symptoms such as fever, cough, sore throat and loss of appetite. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Immigration-reform advocates march in Los Angeles May 2, 2008
Marta Acuchi and her husband Jose, from Michoacan, Mexico, closed her child daycare center to participate. "We need to fix the legal situation of immigrants," she said. (Fresno Bee -- State)
California Lawmakers:Tighter scrutiny of sex offenders needed Apr 19, 2008
SACRAMENTO State lawmakers on Thursday said California needs better long-term supervision of sex offenders after an audit raised concerns that some may be living in homes used for child daycare and foster care. The audit found that the addresses of 49 registered sex offenders matched those of 46 child care facilities throughout the state. (Yreka Siskiyou Daily News, CA)
Calif. suspends 10th license after sex offender audit Apr 19, 2008
Four are foster homes, while six are child daycare homes. Blue says no more suspensions are immediately expected. (Fresno Bee -- State)
Audit Finds Sex Offenders Working in Child Care Apr 17, 2008
SACRAMENTO The state social services agency on Wednesday was moving to shut down nine homes used for child daycare and foster care after an audit found registered sex offenders living there in violation of state law. The revelation came after state auditors compared the addresses of 75,000 licensed facilities, including foster family homes and daycare centers, with the state's database of registered sex offenders. (Fox News)
Local Child Center Hit In Sex Offender Probe Apr 17, 2008
-- The state social services agency on Wednesday was moving to shut down nine homes used for child daycare and foster care after an audit found registered sex offenders living there in violation of state law. The revelation came after state auditors compared the addresses of 75,000 licensed facilities, including foster family homes and daycare centers, with the state's database of registered sex offenders. (KCRA 3, CA)
Cusson back for tax forgiveness Mar 15, 2008
According to the Westbrook Land Use Department, the entire property is zoned medium-density residential, or MDR, which primarily only allows single family housing, multi-family housing, group daycare, family daycare, child daycare, nursery, farming, a church or a bed and breakfast. The Board of Selectmen will consult with legal counsel and read through background materials regarding the property, which is expected to come up for discussion at a future Board of Selectmen meeting. (Pictorial Gazette, CT)
Closings due to the weather: County government to close early (2092) Feb 8, 2008
Once Upon A Child Daycare. Open Hands Preschool in Waterman. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
Doggy Daycare Jan 26, 2008
Dog sitting can be much like child daycare by providing games and swimming for bored dogs and a house training schedule for puppies. Dog sitting has taken on a new dimension in the form of doggy daycare. (Suite101.com)
* Ministry focuses on preschoolers as target of abuse Dec 28, 2007
He suggested that the government set up a more comprehensive child daycare and preventive healthcare system to better protect preschoolers. For example, he said health authorities should trace the causes behind the failure of parents to get their children inoculated and transfer the cases to social affairs authorities if any suspicious situations are detected, he said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Center gets rave reviews, but is running at deficit Oct 10, 2007
When this loss is combined with the fact that, unlike child daycare, we do not get reimbursed on a weekly basis, nor are we reimbursed for days when a participant does not attend the program, we essentially receive a double whammy, Lee said. Lee said the participants who do not qualify for state assistance are either on our sliding fee scale or full fee. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Fewer early infections don't mean more allergies Oct 6, 2007
Preventing common respiratory infections and stomach infections in child daycare centers had no impact on the later development of asthma, nasal allergies or eczema, according to a follow-up survey conducted 12 years later. The findings do not support the "hygiene hypothesis," which theorizes that reduced exposure to infections in childhood leads to greater allergic sensitization, conclude Dr. Teija Dunder and colleagues from the University of Oulu, Finland. (Scientific American)
New child daycare facility opens doors in New London Sep 27, 2007
Golden Triangle Media. Thursday, September 27, 2007. (Mt. Pleasant News, IA)
Good night's sleep boosts long-term memory Aug 29, 2007
Child daycare provision slowly improving 4 in 10 sites inspected still no better than satisfactory. August 29 2007. (Yahoo News -- Sleep and Sleep Disorders)
Could do better, Ofsted report tells nurseries Aug 29, 2007
Child daycare provision slowly improving 4 in 10 sites inspected still no better than satisfactory. Lucy Ward, social affairs correspondentWednesday August 29, 2007. (Guardian Unlimited)
* One quarter of daycare centers pass CPC check Aug 17, 2007
Just over 74 percent of child daycare centers inspected recently by the Consumer Protection Commission (CPC) failed to meet the country's established safety requirements, officials said on Wednesday. The inspection was carried out jointly by the CPC and the Ministry of the Interior's Children Bureau between May and June among 172 child daycare institutions around the country ... Chen Kun-huang ([), chief secretary of the Children's Bureau, noted that more than 284,000 children require... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Day care kids pitch in,help man with leukemia Aug 12, 2007
citizen wrote on Aug 10, 2007 7:26 AM:" My dad died of Leukemia 12 years ago, after participating in research treatments. I also do child daycare in my home, so I see the good that is being done for both the children r. Meints. Thanks Diane Neuhring for what you have done! It's too bad I couldn't vote for you to receive a pay raise (so far, our occupation isn't regulated in such a way). God BLESS everyone involved in this story. ". Advertisement. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
Park Hills Council meets Jun 13, 2007
The three hearings, scheduled at the beginning of the meeting, deal with a request for a special use permit to operate a child daycare at 1029 West Main Street, a boundary line adjustment in Vineyard Estates (Plat 4 A), and a request to accept the plat of Vineyard Estates. Ordinance issues include authorization for the mayor and city clerk to contract with Bowen Engineering and Surveying to handle the reconfiguration of Rebel, High and Science Streets; amendment of the 2000 International... (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
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The house adjacent to the proposed acility site: is the home of a child daycare, which has been in operation for five years. The family who runs the daycare, depends on the income from the daycare as a major source of their income. (Gridley Herald, CA)
Hailes are first African-American Citizens of the Year Apr 19, 2007
Then she was executive director at the Chiefland Child Daycare Center, Bell said. They have both been active in their respective churches, Bell said. (Chiefland Citizen, FL)
To Care Or Not To Care? And Where? Apr 12, 2007
Common sense and our own experiences with our own children confirm the uneasiness, sometimes even queasiness, we have with the reality of child daycare. Common sense and our own experiences backed up by no less than the NIH daycare- center studies tell us that the effects of most daycare are subtle and far, far outweighed by the quality of parenting. (Up & Coming Magazine, NC)
Missing 3-year-old found dead, woman arrested Apr 2, 2007
Police said Miller tried to cover up the crime by burying him near a child daycare center, then fabricating a kidnap story. Miller reported that when she arrived Thursday at her apartment two men jumped out of a car, one assaulted her, and the other took Isaiah. (FOX 11, AZ)
