Read: The case for public child care The bill would authorize $4 billion spread over four years, and $1 billion a year after that, for two grant programs to be administered by the DHS.

Here are 5 striking statistics that show why. As more than 1,000 providers shut their doors for a Day Without Child Care, we examine a few numbers that reveal why the landscape is in crisis.

Child care has grown so expensive that full-time care now costs more than rent in 16 of the nation’s 100 largest cities, according to a new report.

A new app is helping to fill a gap in short-term child care needs for some military families. Kinderspot allows parents to sublet their child care spaces at Air Force child development centers ...

The number of open child care centers went down in 2020 as the pandemic began, but increased in 2023, having a little more than the number before the pandemic in 2019. However, licensed FFC homes ...

Working Texas families seeking access to quality child care could receive more support under new laws recently passed by state lawmakers. The most significant development for child care was Senate ...