Most politicians don’t even try to enact universal systems — the cost and complexity are daunting, and child care has long ...

This story was originally published by The 19th on April 2, 2024. For more than a decade, Erin Farias has watched the low-income families who send children to the day cares she runs navigate America’s ...

The soaring cost of child care in the U.S. can now exceed what families pay for housing or college. That's according to recently released data that outlines the heavy financial burden on the nearly 14 ...

If you’ve paid expenses for day care, preschool or another form of caregiving, there’s a tax break you may want to know about. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our ...

If the pandemic didn't teach us anything else, it taught us that it is critical infrastructure because, without child care, ...

Families are still "desperate" for child-care spaces and some are still paying much more than the target of $10 a day laid ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In a little over a month, child care will be free for all New Mexico families, regardless of income. But with a perk that life-changing, is our childcare system even capable of ...

Nearly 400 child care and early learning providers across the U.S. have pledged to close their doors Monday to demand greater public investment in their services. Providers say the staffing crisis has ...

South Shore Stars’ early-childhood program in Weymouth, Mass., received zero applicants this summer for its preschool teacher positions. It was a big change from when Director Jennifer Curtis was ...

Representatives from the Department of Public Health and Social Services Division of Environmental Health provided an update ...