CNY child care sites report falling enrollments

The Post-Standard reported on the economy's impact on child care providers across the country and in Central New York, as parents face furloughs, pay cuts and layoffs.

Nationwide, nearly half the home-based providers and 27 percent of child care centers are feeling a drop in business, according to a survey by the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies.

The impact of the recession is widespread throughout Cayuga, Madison, Onondaga and Oswego counties.

"Anecdotally, we have had several programs tell us that they have had parents who have gone from full time to part time, and they are using family members to supplement. They are doing that to reduce their child care costs," said Peggy Liuzzi, executive director of Child Care Solutions, Onondaga County's nonprofit child care referral agency.

The Post-Standard's Gina Chen has more on how daycare providers in CNY are coping in the recession.