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• Boomer grandparents still chip in for child care

  April 15, 2013 in Features on Page C3 In children’s books and in old movies, grandparents look and act their parts. Grandma is a round and cuddly cookie baker, and Grandpa plays catch – slowly – in the …

• EWU tea party supports child care scholarships

  February 28, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page V3 At Eastern Washington University, HOME stands for “helping ourselves means education.” The program helps student parents by, among other things, awarding child care scholarships. On March 7, HOME is hosting …

• Officials: 31 suspended in Army day care scandal

  December 19, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — At least 31 people were suspended from two Army day care centers at Fort Myer, Va., last week after officials scrutinized their backgrounds and found criminal convictions …

• Officials: 31 people fired in Army daycare scandal

  December 19, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — At least 31 people were fired from two Army day care centers at Fort Myer, Va., last week after officials scrutinized their backgrounds and found criminal convictions … 1

• Pentagon day care review expanding to schools

  December 19, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is expanding a Pentagon review of hiring at military day care centers to include Defense Department schools, youth centers and other facilities where …

• Rogers High students help out at Christmas Bureau

  December 19, 2012 in City on Page A1 There’s nothing like the delight and surprise on a child’s face when opening a gift on Christmas morning. That’s why the Christmas Bureau offers a place to drop children while …

• Panetta orders probe of military day care centers

  December 18, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Tuesday ordered a worldwide review of hiring practices at all U.S. military day care centers after the Army revealed that it discovered …

• Army probing day care centers worldwide

  December 18, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Tuesday ordered a worldwide review of hiring practices at all U.S. military day care centers after the Army revealed that it discovered …

• Defense could begin in deadly day care fire trial

  November 6, 2012 in Nation/World HOUSTON (AP) — Attorneys for a Texas woman facing a murder charge after a fire at her home day care killed four children and injured three other kids could begin …

• Tighter home day care rules aim to boost safety

  March 9, 2012 in Region Family home child care providers will soon be subject to a host of tighter rules designed to boost child safety and edification. 2

• Grants support homeless

  December 26, 2011 in City on Page A7 The federal government has renewed funding next year for 208 Washington state programs serving the homeless, including about $3 million for 28 Spokane programs. The U.S. Department of Housing and …

• Lawmakers ease day care rules

  May 15, 2011 in Idaho on Page B1 BOISE – When Idaho passed landmark legislation two years ago to require state licensing of day care operations that served fewer than 13 kids, the state’s day care wars didn’t … 2

• Day care feels pinch of state’s cuts

  April 21, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page S1 Karen Holmes is losing sleep these days. She’s the director of the North East Youth Center in Hillyard, so there’s plenty to worry about in terms of taking care of …

• Preschool immerses tribes’ young in Salish

  January 13, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page S1 Speakers of English as a second language say that they respond differently when someone speaks to them in their first language. There’s a deep emotional connection to that first language, …

• Study looks at effects of day care

  January 10, 2011 in Features on Page C6 Parents who worry they are forever damaging their children by dropping them off at day care every morning can find some comfort in a recent study that looked at academic …

• Abuse suspect worked at other site

  September 24, 2010 in City on Page A7 A child care volunteer accused of molestation also worked at a center in East Central Spokane.

• Welfare advocates protest state program cuts

  September 2, 2010 in City on Page A9 OLYMPIA – Welfare advocates met with Washington officials Wednesday to protest state assistance cuts ordered by Gov. Chris Gregoire, saying it makes little sense to trim support for parents when …

• State budget woes strike welfare program

  August 13, 2010 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – Fewer people will qualify for a state welfare program that provides child care subsidies and help finding a job under cuts announced by Gov. Chris Gregoire on Thursday. … 8

• Concern over child care cuts

  February 12, 2010 in City on Page A8 Angel Fairbanks, of Spokane, worries that if proposed cuts in the state’s child care subsidy for working families are enacted by the Legislature, she will no longer be able to …

• Proposed Washington day-care subsidy cuts draw protest

  February 11, 2010 in City Angel Fairbanks of Spokane worries that if proposed cuts in the state’s child care subsidy for working families are enacted by the Legislature, she will no longer be able to …

• AP sources: Obama to seek freeze on part of budget

  January 25, 2010 in Nation/World President Barack Obama will ask Congress to freeze spending for some domestic programs for three years beginning in 2011, administration officials said Monday. Separately, Obama unveiled plans to help a … 11

• Study: kids watching hours of TV at home daycare

  November 23, 2009 in Features Parents who thought their preschoolers were spending time in home-based day cares, taking naps, eating healthy snacks and learning to play nicely with others may be surprised to discover they …

• New child care center was built kid-friendly

  September 4, 2009 in Business on Page A12 From extra padding under the carpets to child-size sinks and toilets, Pacific Park Children’s Center is built to meet the needs of kids. The 6,200-square-foot child care center recently opened …

• Referral service helps ease the process of finding child care

  May 4, 2009 in Features on Page C1 Finding a job can be hard enough during these tough economic times. But even before they could look for work, Rollie and Nicole Stankowitz had to overcome another hurdle: Finding …

• Bargaining plan becomes a study

  April 14, 2009 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – In a stunning setback for child care workers wanting to unionize, a bill to allow them to collectively bargain with the state for better rates was gutted Monday …

• Day cares aiming for STARs

  April 9, 2008 in City on Page A1 Eight North Idaho child-care providers are participating in a pilot project to establish a five-star rating system similar to scales for rating hotels, movies and restaurants. IdahoSTARS – State Training …

• Toy Stores Troubled When Kids Left Alone - For Hours Managers Nervous About Use As Cheap Child-Care Centers

  June 25, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A16 Toy store manager Trish Moon has a problem. Photo by Associated Press

• New Regulations Established For Nannies

  February 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 The Clinton administration issued new regulations Wednesday for the nation’s 10,000 foreign in-home child-care workers that set new standards for those who care for children under 2 years old and …