In rural Greene County, parents searching for child care are running out of options. With just one daycare in the entire country, families are left waiting, worrying or commuting long distances.

Nearly half of working parents in the U.S. have too few child care openings available in their area. Here’s why employers are ...

Some states want to give funds directly to child care providers. In Massachusetts, licensed child care centers can use state grants for overhead and staff. The Commonwealth Cares for Children grants ...

Chalkbeat reports that the impact of COVID-era closures—the ways schools rose to meet the moment and the ways they ...

Paying for child care can be a barrier for some to take a job or even to have children. McLean County in central Illinois has ...

Childcare services are critical to empowering women, reducing poverty, and promoting equitable development in West Africa.

A 1-year-old child in Daytona Beach, Florida died after following the family dog into a street, where a pair of cars struck the toddler. The incident occurred on Wednesday night near North Halifax ...

HALL COUNTY, Ga. — A search for a suspect in Hall County Thursday has now been called off after investigators determined a reported attempted child abduction was not true. Earlier in the day ...

She made too much to qualify for the state child care assistance program, but not nearly enough to afford quality care on her own. Ultimately, the costs and commutes became too much and Sierra had ...

The Nobel Prize-winning American economist Paul Krugman let out a despairing howl: “America created the modern world trading system,” he said, later adding that “Donald Trump burned it all ...

An expanded child care tax credit passed with broad support, eliminating the income threshold and increasing refundability. A new radon mitigation tax credit aims to address high radon levels in ...

Wisconsin police say Skyler Klassen (left) and Madison Bishop had plotted to sexually assault their two-month-old baby even before the child was born (Dane County Sheriff's Office) The latest ...