Carroll Gardens Patch:Report Says Child Care Cuts Hurt Neediest; Carroll Gardens Parents: ‘We Want Affordable Care Too’
Report Says Child Care Cuts Hurt Neediest; Carroll Gardens Parents: ‘We Want Affordable Care Too’
Joanna Prisco and Jamie Schuh-June 21
A new report, released by the Campaign for Children, says that Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposed cuts to child care and after-school programs will particularly hit those communities suffering from high rates of childhood obesity, rampant unemployment, low school achievement and high rates of poverty.