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	<title>Arizona Child Care Association</title>
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	<description>The voice of Arizona&#039;s Child Care providers</description>
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		<title>NEW Licensing Regulations and Rules Training</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New Licensing Regulations will go into effect on
September 30, 2010
Click here to download the new Regulations.
 
Rules Training:
*Only 2 people per licensee allowed to attend due to limited space/classes offered;
*Call your local DHS office to register, as there is limited seating available.
*Provide your email address to receive documents for training prior to the scheduled meeting.
The Tucson [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://azcca.org/training-on-new-center-rules</link>
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		<title>Member Spotlight</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wayne and Mary Sue Watson,
We opened our first center in 1971. We currently own, Children&#8217;s Campus ( opened 1982), Children&#8217;s Campus Too (opened 2002) and Premier Children&#8217;s Center (opened 1999).
I have always had a great love and respect for children. In grade school I helped my mother with her Sunday school classes. I became a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://azcca.org/member-spotlight</link>
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		<title>2010 Legislative Candidate Child Care Survey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On July 9th with a follow up July 29th, ACCA sent an e-mail to all candidates for the State House and Senate.  Their responses are listed by legislative district.  Candidates that did not respond are not listed. 
Click here to view candidates’ responses to ACCA and to CAA Survey.
Copy of ACCA e-mail to Candidates
Dear House or Senate Candidate, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://azcca.org/2010-legislative-candidate-child-care-survey</link>
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		<title>Subsidies for working poor are vital</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Editorial from AZ Republic on July 27, 2010
Bill Berk &#8211; Tucson
Thank you for the attention you are bringing to the travesty involving child-care subsidies for the working poor (&#8220;State must not let subsidies die for those in need,&#8221; Editorial, Monday). The number of children currently on the waiting list can be counted. What can&#8217;t be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://azcca.org/subsidies-for-working-poor-are-vital</link>
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		<title>Preschools give jobless a hand</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Sonu Munshi &#8211; Jul. 17, 2010
The Arizona Republic
Imagine researching a company to a T, ironing your best duds for an interview and then taking your snotty-nosed toddler who is likely to cry or scream along to face a potential employer in an interview.
Peoria resident George Gormsen doesn&#8217;t have to imagine. The 31-year-old Web designer [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://azcca.org/preschools-give-jobless-a-hand</link>
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		<title>Welcome to our newest members</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are excited to welcome our newest Arizona Child Care Association members!
Little Ranch Preschool – Tucson
Mill Avenue Prescool – Tempe
Phoenix Day Family and Child Learning Center – Phoenix
Welcome Back to Happy Trails School – Tucson
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		<link>http://azcca.org/welcome-to-our-newest-members</link>
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		<title>State must not let subsidies die for those in need</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jul. 19, 2010 12:00 AM
The Arizona Republic
Child-care subsidies for the working poor are a rational response to a real need. This fact collided with a state budget deficit that required tough cuts. The crash left Arizona&#8217;s child-care subsidy program on life support.
It should not be allowed to fade away.
As the number of children being served [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://azcca.org/state-must-not-let-subsidies-die-for-those-in-need</link>
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		<title>Cuts to Child Care Subsidy Thwart More Job Seekers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article was just printed in the New York Times;


TUCSON — Able-bodied, outgoing and accustomed to working, Alexandria Wallace wants to earn a paycheck. But that requires someone to look after her 3-year-old daughter, and Ms. Wallace, a 22-year-old single mother, cannot afford child care.
Last month, she lost her job as a hair stylist after [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://azcca.org/ny-times</link>
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		<title>Argument “Against” Prop 302</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Proposition 302 would eliminate the voter approved and tobacco tax funded First Things First program and transfer all current and future funds to the general fund virtually overnight. If approved, all the First Things First services to children and their families will terminate on December 1st.
Please read this letter sent to the Secretary of State [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://azcca.org/argument-%e2%80%9cagainst%e2%80%9d-prop-302</link>
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		<title>Register to vote in the Primary Election on August 24th!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
You must register to vote by July 26th at midnight in order to be eligible to vote in the Primary Election on August 24th.
Click here to register to vote.
Click here to request an early ballot in Maricopa County.
Click here to request an early ballot in Pima County.
For an early ballot in all other Arizona counties click here.
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		<link>http://azcca.org/register-to-vote-in-the-primary-election-on-august-24th</link>
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