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

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

A mom in Texas is raising questions after an octopus at the San Antonio Aquarium latched onto her 6-year-old son’s arm for 5 ...

Child care providers across the country struggle to meet the needs of children with disabilities. Ohio is among the states ...

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.

Here and across the country, it’s the same: high costs for families, low wages for workers. This tweak to city code will help ...

New Brunswick parents expecting to see their child-care costs drop to $10 a day next April could be in for a surprise.

Caring for Michigan's Future: MiLEAP put a $100 million investment of federal funds toward helping over 3,000 child care sites stay open or expand their facilities between May 2022 and September 2024.

The initiative is in early stages, but officials say options include offering a subsidy, providing in-home babysitters and ...

The city’s movement toward free care for kids up to age 2 could be a gamechanger with national implications. And it’s a sign ...

PROVIDENCE — As the cost of child care rises and waitlists balloon, the Boston Celtics and Amica Insurance are funneling $4 ...

For child care businesses, state-mandated teacher to child staffing ratios mean paying teacher salaries and benefits dominate the majority of their budgets, while capped capacity in classrooms mean ...