Newsroom Press Releases 18,000 Children in Low-Income Working Families to Lose Child Care if Proposed Budget Cuts Are Enacted April 8, 2008 Reductions totaling over $198 million statewide would result in the loss of over 18,000 child care spaces in California for low-income working families.   Children Now's Lempert regarding the recommendations released today by the Committee on Educational Excellence March 14, 2008 Children Now statement on K-12 findings by Governor-appointed committee.   The Future of California's Kids on the Line in 2008, According to New Children Now Report Card, "The State of the State's Children" January 3, 2008 Public policy decisions in 2008 are critical to determining the well-being of California's children and the state for years to come.   View all press releases Press Coverage Proposed budget cuts stir up more protests than usual this spring Ventura County Star, April 12, 2008 When the California State Parks Foundation staged a statehouse rally last week to decry proposed budget cuts that would result in the closing of 48 state parks, organizers brought with them a number of props, including a camping tent pitched on the Capitol lawn. Stanislaus receives poor health rating Modesto Bee, April 9, 2008 Babies in Stanislaus County still die too often, children and adults still weigh too much and there's too much diabetes and heart disease. Schwarzenegger should take real steps toward real education reform in '08 San Jose Mercury News, January 14, 2008 There's been so much talk for so long about reforming California's ailing public education system -- to so little effect -- that it's no surprise some pundits were declaring the "Year of Education Reform" dead even before the governor finished his State of the State address Tuesday. View all press coverage