The high cost of childcare in the Bay Area is pushing families to make tough choices about jobs, homes and whether to have ...

By pairing expanded work requirements with meaningful federal prioritization of child care, the One Big, Beautiful Bill paves the way for a future where families can achieve lasting independence.

San Mateo County Supervisors Lisa Gauthier and Jackie Speier host second county child care town hall in East Palo Alto’s EPACENTER on Aug. 27, 2025. Photo by Lisa Moreno Connie Rodriguez, who runs a ...

New Mexico became on Saturday the first U.S. state to offer free child care to all residents in a bid to boost its economy and lift education and child welfare levels ranked the worst in the country.

Zohran Mamdani’s coalition in the New York mayor’s race includes residents who have questioned whether they can afford to raise children in the city. By Eliza Shapiro Jessica Mendoza and her husband ...

Critics say Indiana’s GOP lawmakers dealt the state’s child care programs another blow by slashing funding and reducing enrollments.

MADISON, Wis. (WSAW) - More than 3,100 child care providers across the state will receive a total of $8.7 million through the first payment of the Child Care Bridge Payments Program. Gov. Tony Evers ...

In an unprecedented move, New Mexico is making child care free. Beginning in November, it will be the first state in the nation to provide child care to all residents regardless of income, Gov.

A fight over taxes consumers pay for cannabis products has prompted a standoff between unusual adversaries: child-care advocates and the legal weed industry. On July 1, California’s cannabis excise ...

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 ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The United States has yet to fund a robust federal child-care system of the kind that exists in most other ...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Since 2022, more than 380 children and their families across Los Angeles and Kern Counties have accessed subsidized child care through the Family Child Care Home ...