Public Health tardy in paying daycare providers

The Government of Guam's bleak financial condition continues on its downward spiral, now affecting the island's children enrolled in daycare. Funding problems surrounding the Department of Public Health's Childcare Block Grant Program date back to October 2006 for some providers. Public Health openly admits to the fact they are late on their payments for their providers under the program. Chief human services administrator Diana Calvo stated as a result of concerns raised at last months meeting, a work group was established between Public Health and the Childcare Association Group to assist the agency get payments out to providers, saying, "It basically is a manual process and we only have a number of staff dedicated to preparing it on a monthly basis." She also confirmed, "As far as the calls that have come in today, we're really not sure what prompted the calls to be made, because one of the things that we had pledged to the providers was to really focus on getting the payments out as fast as we can."Agency director Art San Agustin in the meantime says Department of Administration deputy director Joey Manibusan informed him that payments for the childcare providers would be released.

City Kids Daycare Discriminates Against Breastfeeding Mothers

Robin Neorr enrolled her daughter in one of the City Kids Daycare available in downtown Columbus Ohio, and was charged an additional $50 per week to care for her three month old daughter because she was breastfed. While Neorr's infant daughter was still receiving care from the City Kids Daycare she felt uneasy drawing negative attention to the discrimination. However now that she no longer depends on them to watch her child Neorr is fighting back. Neorr was told by the City Kids Daycare that her milk was a hazardous body fluid that had to be kept separate from all other food. The bottles of pumped milk were kept in a separate refrigerator in the director's office and labeled as a biohazard. The daycare also claimed that they would have to purchase a separate warming pot for heating up the breast milk.

'Childcare - it's a second mortgage'

Everyone knows that having kids can be expensive - new clothes, the latest toys and baby equipment all add up. But it's paying for childcare that really hits parents in the pocket. If both parents go out to work full-time the cost of paying for a day nursery or childminder for just one child can easily add up to £800 per month.
With two children you'll be breaking the £1,000 pain barrier.
It's a wonder anyone goes out to work these days when, as part-time recruitment consultant and mum of two Bethan Gallimore puts it: 'It's a second mortgage.'
Assuming you want to go back to work, your childcare options are limited.