Sarah Morgan was looking forward to enrolling her 1-year-old son Lucas at the Skagit Valley Family YMCA’s early learning center in Anacortes, Washington, this fall. Her older son Jameson, 5, had a ...

As part of his budget proposal on Monday, President Joe Biden is asking Congress to make child care more affordable for the parents of 16 million children around the country. The president is ...

A new grant program announced by Gov. Kim Reynolds would provide preschools and child care centers with $300,000 over three years to offer all-day care for 4-year-olds. Reynolds also proposed a new ...

The current process states use for setting child care subsidy reimbursement rates only looks backward, building low wages and scarce resources into the future of child care. The child care industry in ...

The Marine Corps announced "significant updates and additions" to its child care program in an administrative message last week that clarifies training requirements for staff, outlines the program's ...

The Center for American Progress has developed a data dashboard that allows users to explore national- and state-level data trends on a range of child care and early learning topics, including access ...

There’s a lot to keep toddlers busy at Dill’s family child care. Credit: Anya Kamenetz for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio House’s version of the budget bill spends $213 million in new money on child care programs – including partially funding a program requested by Gov. Mike DeWine and beginning ...

Child care vouchers for low-income families have been a lifeline amid the city’s affordability crisis. They could vanish unless state lawmakers move quickly to fund the program. By Alyce McFadden For ...

Two new programs are being introduced to help child care providers make the most out of New Hampshire’s Child Care Scholarship Program.

MADISON – Among the many challenges facing Wisconsin lawmakers this legislative session will be tackling the state’s child care crisis. It's shaping up to be a big undertaking. For families, child ...