In This Issue:

- Child Care Crisis

- Tools to Choose

- Exclusive Interview

- Excerpt from Five-Step Guide to Quality Providers - Safety, Cost Challenges to Child Care:

Finding affordable and safe daycare has become a major challenge for working parents. Recent studies show that childcare now exceeds the annual median rent in almost half of all states, straining already tight budgets to the breaking point. But money means nothing if little Johnny or Judy doesn’t come home safely at day’s end. Serious inconsistencies in licensing, enforcement and training have created dangerous situations where thousands of kids are injured each year – some fatally – while in the care of others.