FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, June 25, 2012

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CAMPAIGN FOR CHILDREN APPLAUDS BUDGET DEAL THAT RESTORES CUTS TO CHILD CARE AND AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS

New York, NY – In response to the announcement that the final budget will restore cuts to child care and after-school proposed in the Mayor’s Executive Budget this May, the Campaign for Children released the followingstatement:

“We applaud the City Council and Mayor Bloomberg for coming to an agreement to save vital child care andafter-school services for New York’s working families. We thank the City Council and Speaker Quinn for once again making the City’s children a priority as they worked to create a balanced budget.

This investment in child care and after-school programs is an investment in our City’s future. We’re grateful that New York City’s leaders put children first in a difficult budget year, and look forward to working with them to create stable, sustainable systems going forward.”

The Mayor’s Executive Budget, announced in May, proposed cutting more than 47,000 slots from the child care and after-school systems.

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