New Mexico has made some significant and historic investments in early childhood — and there is exciting new evidence that those investments are making a huge difference for improved child well-being.

We can’t stop politicians from spotlighting what’s new, their latest stitch in a colorful quilt of mystifying options.

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, has proposed no-cost, universal child care, helping to reignite a national conversation. By Sydney Ember Universal child care has long ...

Robust public investments can lift the weight of the child care affordability crisis off the safety net’s shoulders. Among impoverished families who have children under age 6 and who pay for child ...

Americans overwhelmingly view the cost of child care as a significant issue, and most support initiatives to offer free or low-cost day care and to require employers to provide paid family leave for ...

It had been nearly two weeks since the government turned all federal grants and loans off and then back on again, but many Head Start child care providers across the country still couldn’t get their ...

Three-year-olds play at stations while attending pre-K at The Morris Foundation Child Development Center on Sept. 24, 2024. Amanda McCoy [email protected] Local and statewide child care ...

Baton Rouge North Economic Development District put on the classes, which cover topics such as marketing, budgeting, ...

The incoming mayor and speaker-elect are aligned on the $6 billion program, but will face major financial and logistical challenges.

An East San Jose nonprofit is providing economic mobility for residents, as well as affordable child care for the community.

North Carolina introduces Child Care Academies to address the critical teacher shortage, offering free training and certification for aspiring child care professionals.

Local and statewide child care advocates celebrated earlier this year a $100 million investment toward child care scholarships that were anticipated to lift children and their families off of the ...