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 ...

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.

Three years ago, councilmembers in Washington, D.C., approved a tax hike on the wealthy as a way to raise the wages of child care workers. It's led to big gains for the city's child care workforce.

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 ...

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 ...

Launched in 1965 as a comprehensive child development program, Head Start operates in all 50 states and has provided child care to more than 38 million children and their families over the last 60 ...

California Head Start programs are in panic as the Trump administration threatens to cut the program, ending child care for 80,000 low-income families.

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.

Cities and other jurisdictions, while not involved directly in child care development, can align their code to encourage these projects, said Lisa Pool, a public policy consultant for the ...

The Red Book includes space for you to record your baby’s milestones: the age at which he first rolls over, sits with support and without, crawls, stands, and takes his first steps. Filling this in is ...