As Democrats and Republicans wage persuasion campaigns to assign blame over the government shutdown, a bipartisan bill aims to strengthen child care systems and options for families. The Child Care ...

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

The new legislation seeks to address rising child care costs by granting funding to states to help families who currently make too much money to qualify for assistance.

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

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 ...

A faith-based preschool in Little Rock is closing in January due to federal funding cuts, leaving parents to worry about ...

Getting an accurate count of America’s population has proven difficult in the 2020 Census as the coronavirus pandemic has hampered voluntary responses and forced officials to scale back door-knocking ...

Chanting “We stand strong, we stand together, Arkansas children deserve better,” dozens of childcare providers, parents, and advocates marched from the Arkansas Department of Education to the ...

This story was produced by the Oregon Journalism Project, a nonprofit newsroom covering the state. When Courtney Eggleston gave birth to her son, she knew she would have to rely on friends and family ...

The federal government’s shutdown entered Day 2 on Thursday as neither side showed signs of budging amid their impasse over ...

The federal government’s shutdown entered Day 2 on Thursday as neither side showed signs of budging amid their impasse over funding the government.