YWCA TO CONTINUE CHILD-CARE PROGRAM.Byline: Helen Gao Staff Writer GLENDALE - Reversing an earlier decision that has drawn community criticism, the YWCA YWCA abbr. Young Women's Christian Association YWCA n abbr (= Young Women's Christian Association) → Asociación f de Jóvenes Cristianas YWCA of Glendale will continue operating the financially troubled Griffith Manor Child Development Center for low-income families. Wayne Page, second vice president of the YWCA board of directors, said Tuesday that the board had voted the previous evening to continue the program, which was scheduled to close this week. ``We are going to continue it for the year, try to find some partnerships for the program. We are still talking with the city of Glendale,'' said Page. She said the board's change of heart was prompted by a meeting last week with representatives from the state Child Development Division. ``The state is really offering us help to mold mold, name for certain multicellular organisms of the various classes of the kingdom Fungi, characteristically having bodies composed of a cottony mycelium. The colors of molds are caused by the spores, which are borne on the mycelium. this program so we can make it work for us,'' Page said. State officials did not return phone calls. The YWCA has struggled for the past two years to comply with staff certification and other regulations tied to its state funding. In May, state officials announced they were cutting funding for the program because of noncompliance noncompliance failure of the owner to follow instructions, particularly in administering medication as prescribed; a cause of a less than expected response to treatment. noncompliance . The YWCA appealed after fixing the problems, and the funding was restored. Page said she does not yet know how much the state will fund the program for the fiscal year that starts Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. . In the past, the state provided about $172,000 a year, an amount the YWCA has said is insufficient. Scott Reese, assistant director of parks, recreation and community services, said city staffers will meet with the YWCA next week to talk about extending help. Reese said the YWCA has not asked for financial assistance. The kind of assistance the city might provide, he said, is identifying children who qualify for the program to boost its attendance. State funding for the program is based on the number of children who participate. Previously, the state had asked the child-care center to refund TO REFUND. To pay back by the party who has received it, to the party who has paid it, money which ought not to have been paid. 2. On a deficiency of assets, executors and administrators cum testamento annexo, are entitled to have refunded to them legacies money because it failed to sustain a specific attendance level. Located inside Griffith Manor Park Manor Park may refer to places: in Canada:
n. A scale in which indicated prices, taxes, or wages vary in accordance with another factor, as wages with the cost-of-living index or medical charges with a patient's income. , based on their income. Many parents had feared that the closing of the program would force them to quit their jobs or work part time in order to take care of their children. In anticipation of the closure, one instructor left and one child had transferred to another program. |
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