New USDA funded research-based program to combat child obesity
A five-year .5 million USDA grant to University of Illinois researchers will establish the Illinois Transdisciplinary Obesity Prevention Program, an innovative research-based program that will combine a Ph.D. with a master’s in public health degree focused on child obesity prevention.
Read more on News-Medical-Net
BOA approves daycare plans
A new day care center may be coming to 1402 Park St. thanks a variance granted Thursday by the Troy City Board of Adjustments. Walt Stell of Environmental Precision Associates represented the property owner, Sonya Shirley, and said the house would be able to facilitate the care of 40 to 50 children.
Read [...]
12 Receive “Pasaportes”
When Rosella Herrera, owner of the Virgen de Guadalupe Daycare, started her business in 2005, she was working out of a studio apartment caring only for a couple of kids.
Read more on New Haven Independent
Child-care subsidies reduced in Mo. Senate plan
Thousands of low-income Missouri parents would see their state child-care subsidies reduced under a budget plan a state Senate committee passed Tuesday.
Read more on AP via Yahoo! Finance
Child in Critical After Near Drowning
An 18-month-old child is in the intensive care unit at St. Joseph’s Hospital in central Phoenix, after being pulled from a swimming pool.
Read more on FOX 10 Phoenix
Police: Accused Day Care Molester May Have More Victims
The alleged assaults happened at Poole’s Daycare between August and September 2005. MORENO VALLEY (KTLA) — Police in Moreno Valley say that a woman charged with molesting a 7-year-old boy at her day care center may have additional victims.
Read more on KTLA-TV Los Angeles
Daycare centre shut down
Licence revoked for over-capacity childcare facility
Read more on Business Examiner
Child on breathing machine stuck in Japan
A 2-year-old Canadian boy in Japan who needs an electricity-powered machine to live is a few steps closer to flying home.
Read more on CBC Toronto
Child’s play
JERSEY SHORE Carrie Pase has turned her passion for children into a small business opportunity. Within an environment of laughter and learning, Carrie goes to work every morning with a smile on her face.
Read more on The Lock Haven Express
Carbondale sets fees for medical marijuana centers
CARBONDALE, Colorado — The Carbondale Board of Trustees approved the first of a series of planned ordinances aimed at regulating medical marijuana businesses locally.
Read more on Glenwood Springs Post Independent