Nassau child care cuts would hurt 800 kids
Photo credit: Linda Rosier | Pepper Robinson, director of the Five Towns Child Care Center works with 4-year-olds, Jose Fernandez and Layla Daniels. (Dec. 4, 2012)
Protesting Suffolk's child care cuts
Protests against Nassau youth program cuts
More than 800 children face removal from Nassau County's child care program under tightened eligibility requirements meant to save the county some $4 million a year.
Nassau's Department of Social Services has requested state approval to change the eligibility cutoff from the current 275 percent of the federal poverty line to 200 percent. That would mean a family of four could make no more...
