Child care centers once bursting with children and waiting lists are scrambling to stay full as parents rethink day care options in the struggling economy, the Portland Press Herald in Maine reported. The newspaper said that parents often drop child care when they lose their jobs or when care costs become too much of a burden. Two care centers have closed recently in Maine, the Press Herald ...

While officials said the sites would not be closed, critics charged that reductions would destabilize the centers and force them to shut down.

Adrienne Gilla's workday isn't exactly traditional. The North Aurora mom often takes business calls with a squirming toddler on her hip. This is life for Gilla, the mother of two, since she decreased the number of days her youngest daughter attends day care. "Once the economy hit and my business was down and I wasn't working as much ... it (was) like, OK, if I have work, I'll drop her off. And ...

Area police agencies are alerting day care centers about a man who is exhibiting unusual behavior when approaching workers.

Through a Blue Cross Blue Shield grant, one day care provider is encouraging kids to eat better and exercise.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.----Palm Beach Contract Furniture has provided a special recliner that improves life for Alzheimer's patients to a day-care facility in Riviera Beach. Al Paglia says that the eight chairs are the first installations for Alzheimer's Community Care facilities through Palm Beach, St.

By Arielle Berlin Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 4:57 p.m. SYLVANIA, OH -- Across the country, child care centers are being forced to tighten budgets or even close down because of low demand. Here in Toledo, one daycare is going strong because they're working with their customers.

Highlights include safety and special- needs preparation. Infants and children are receiving better care at Pennsylvania's day care centers under the first update to the state's child care regulations in 16 years, child welfare officials said Monday.

HARRISBURG — Infants and children are receiving better care at Pennsylvania’s day care centers under the first update to the state’s child care regulations in 16 years, child welfare officials said Monday.

HARRISBURG - Infants and children are receiving better care at Pennsylvania's day care centers under the first update to the state's child care regulations in 16 years, child welfare officials said Monday. The changes, which took effect Sept.