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<div>Lorraine</div>
<div>This entire susidy issue is a nightmare. We have had parents already receiving letters. We received 3 letters today. I guess each individual caseworker is sending out their own letters. We are offering each parent that approaches us, our sliding fee scale to private pay. They, of course, have to do the math to see what they can afford. We know that many people abuse the system. BUT this will have such a negative trickle down effect. I do not know what the criteria is. Some parents have been told the amount of hours they work is an issue. Others have been told their income is the issue. Will employees of Oneida County lose their jobs? It is unreal.</div>
<div>Debbie<br>
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From: Lorraine Kinney-Kitchen <lmk23@cornell.edu><br>
To: Tri County Directors Group (tricountydirectorsgroup@magixsolutions.net) <tricountydirectorsgroup@magixsolutions.net><br>
Sent: Fri, Dec 2, 2011 9:42 am<br>
Subject: [Tricountydirectorsgroup] subsidy issue<br>
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<div style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff; MARGIN: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; COLOR: #000; FONT-SIZE: 12px" id=AOLMsgPart_0_820c7abc-7a29-4e4f-be39-6b04e210604e><PRE style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><TT>I am collecting comments from people who have been impacted by the budget cuts
in child care, such as the lack of subsidy dollars. If you have a story to share
about impact on your center or if you have stories about impact on parents, will
you please send them to me? I am going to be on a policy conf call on Monday and
we plan to discuss these to plan our advocacy strategy. These are issues that
are playing out all across NYS.
Thanks so much
Lorraine
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