Nearly 57% of West Virginia children under the age of five have parents in the workforce, and those parents say money is increasingly tight and they're worried about affordable child care, according ...

Every dollar invested in early childhood education pays itself back many times over in long-term societal benefits.

The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced the launch of the Employer Child Care Innovation Fund (ECCIF), a $2.5 million pilot program aimed at expanding access to affordable, high-quality child ...

Proposed reimbursement cuts to early child care will be paused for 30 days, Arkansas Education Secretary Jacob Oliva said Tuesday, after facing mounting pushback from providers who said they were ...

Roughly 300 providers, parents and other opponents of impending cuts to a program that covers child care bills for low-income ...

Starting tomorrow October 1st, the state is set to cut funding for early childcare providers, including the money given to ...

No one at Tuesday's meeting questioned the importance and effectiveness of early childhood programs, which makes these ...

The Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) is making significant changes to the School Readiness Assistance program that helps cover the cost of child care for ...

September 22, 2025, Press Release from the Office of Ohio Governor Mike DeWine: COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Children and Youth (DCY) Director Kara Wente today ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio is launching a new $10 million program in which child-care costs will be shared among companies, parents and the state. The Child Care Cred Program, created through the state’s ...

A child suffered a critical injury in a morning shooting that also left an adult with injuries, Columbus police said. Police received a report of a shooting at 6:45 a.m. Sept. 22 in the 1700 block of ...