Child care talks begin, but funding in question
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Ottawa and the provinces are starting talks to create something many Canadian families only dream of right now: quality, affordable, and universal day care.
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School systems that say they cannot afford to pay to privately educate disabled children are increasingly clashing with parents.
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This week's votes on a children's health program go to a key issue in next year's elections: How much should the government spend to insure families with modest but not poverty-level incomes?
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Texas' troubled Child Protective Services needs &#36;329 million for reforms such as hiring nearly 2,000 more caseworkers and support staff and improving foster care, state officials said.
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A plan to require tens of millions of additional dollars a year in state spending on education in Montgomery and Prince George's counties has stalled in the Maryland General Assembly amid concerns about looming state budget deficits.
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Critics say new rules to standardise funding of continuing care in England do not go far enough.
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MISSISSAUGA, Ont. (CP) - The country's premiers arrived for a key meeting Wednesday unsure on whether to try to force Ottawa to set up a national pharmacare program, but firmly convinced that more federal money for health is essential.
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Governors from both parties appealed yesterday for the Bush administration and Congress to provide more money for a health-care program that insures millions of children.
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Ontario should use new federal day-care cash to turn the current &quot;mishmash&quot; of day care, parent resource and kindergarten programs for 4- and 5-year-olds into a single program for all children, says a study to be released today.
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On Monday, the First Ministers will gather to discuss some of the major health-care issues and what they can agree to do about them.
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MPs and voluntary organisations express concern at the number of children in need who are 'under the radar'.
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OTTAWA - Premier Gordon Campbell says the federal government&#39;s latest multi-billion offer to increase health-care funding falls far short of what&#39;s needed.
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OTTAWA - Prime Minister Paul Martin and Canada&#39;s first ministers begin round two of health care talks Tuesday, after Monday&#39;s talks were marked by bickering over proposed funding to fix the system.
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The Bush administration is poised to take back $1.1 billion in unspent funds, despite the president's vow to support access to health care for poor children during his convention speech.
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By Jennifer Toomer-Cook Deseret Morning News  Give more money to schools, give education money to parents -- Thursday's Utah Foundation forum on improving school funding brought some diverse views.  Perhaps some of those could form into recommendations to the Legislature.
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Congress's bid to renew a program for poor children revives debate over healthcare.
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Berlin- Leading politicians from both sides of Germany's grand coalition government Sunday swung behind proposals to treble the number of daycare places for small children, but disagreed about how they should ...Comment