A new program is helping child care centers in Johnson County create safer environments for children at no cost to the centers. Healthy Spaces Happy Children was launched by Improving Kids Environment ...
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 ...
SANTA FE, N.M. — Tens of millions of voters have already cast ballots in the election, with living costs top of mind. For many families, child care is often the biggest. Maggie Wright-Oviedo and her ...
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 ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio is launching a new $10 million program in which child-care costs will be shared among companies, parents and the state. The Child Care Cred Program, created through the state’s ...
As lawmakers continue to debate how — and whether — the state should step in to relieve families of child care struggles, Democrats continue to champion Child Care Counts. Since its inception in ...
AUGUSTA, Maine (WABI) - Governor Mills announced the launch of a new grant program that aims to help expand child care access in Maine on Wednesday. Mills says that $10 million is now available ...
Wisconsin's Child Care Bridge Payment Program will provide $110 million to child care providers through June 2026. This program replaces the pandemic-era Child Care Counts program, which ended in June ...
New Mexico is the first state in America to guarantee free child care to every parent, starting Nov. 1. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham made the announcement on Sept. 8. The state already had free child ...
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 ...
This month, the Orleans select board voted to expand the town's child care grant program to include infants—not just toddlers and young children.