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.

After an intense lobbying campaign by Head Start advocates, including actress Jennifer Garner, the early education program ...

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

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

Child care workers typically earned $13.71 an hour, or $28,520 a year, in 2022, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Employment remains lower than it was prior to the pandemic.