State child care cuts force hard choice on parents (AP)

Diets & Weight Loss

In this Oct. 20, 2011, photo, child care aid recipients Shilo Comito, left, with his wife, Sarah play with their cats at their home in Oxnard, Calif. Advocates of welfare reform in California often cite one statistic as they have pressed for cuts and changes to the program in recent years: The state has one-eighth of the nation's population but one-third of all welfare recipients. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP – Sarah Comito rolls out of bed before dawn most days and slips quietly out of her house. Before her rambunctious toddler wakes up, she heads off to work as a waitress in an upscale weight-loss resort in Malibu.

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