By Jesse Russell

A Minnesota organization is seeking to help families of National Guard members taking part in the Iraq War find child care. Elizabeth Cooper is spokeswoman for Minnesota Child Care Resource and Referral network:

Cooper: Parents who had been staying home with children find
themselves in a position of needing to go to work, or go back to work. So, they are faced with a decision of dropping out of school, going back to work, changing their entire situation, because they are, essentially, single parents for the duration of their spouse's deployment.

In Minnesota, nearly half of the National Guard members are currently training and expect to be deployed early next year.