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N.C. base hopes to keep child care program

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Officials at Fort Bragg in North Carolina hope a recent spike in enrollments will help save $125,000 in funding for a child care program.

The Fayetteville Observer reports that the Widow, Wounded Soldier Child Care Assistance program was in jeopardy because so few people were using it.

The program pays the cost of child care for injured soldiers, their spouses and the survivors of deceased military personnel so they can attend college.

By July, only 11 families had enrolled, and about $80,000 of the money, which comes from the Wal-Mart Foundation, was left.

Increased enrollment last month has officials hoping the program will continue.

Martha Brown, director of the Soldier and Family Assistance Center at the base, says $35,000 is still available.