When parents need back-up care, that typically means hiring a sitter, which costs an average of $25 per hour nationwide (and ...

As students head back to school, many parents struggle to pay for child care for preschoolers, or for older children once school is done for the day.

For child care businesses, state-mandated teacher to child staffing ratios mean paying teacher salaries and benefits dominate ...

A family shelter in Woodland Hills unveils a new Head Start center on site, one of only a few such shelters in the state.

Families have it a bit better in Denver. There, child care costs nearly $1,600 a month per child on average, 18% of the ...