W.Va. Toddler Program Left in Funding Lurch

West Virginia's "Birth to Three" program, which serve "more than 5,600 developmentally delayed infants and toddlers," is on track to complete the budget year June 30 "with a $3 million deficit," The Charleston Gazette reports.

"The number of children with developmental delays enrolled in the program has increased by 2,000 during the past five years, but state and federal funding hasn't kept up," the article said. "The state has fallen weeks behind in reimbursing nurses and therapists who work with children in the program."