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Vice President Kamala Harris announced a new child care plan Tuesday that proposes that working families would not pay more than 7% of their income for child care. This was the first time the ...

Readers respond to a guest essay on the incoming mayor’s universal child care plan. Also: A gift that never grows old.

The past decade of child care legislation illustrates an increase in bipartisan action on the child care crisis and highlights the need for Congress to enact legislation to support a federally funded ...

Washington, D.C. — A new analysis from the Center for American Progress describes the grim toll the extremist Project 2025 policy agenda would take on families’ access to child care across the United ...

Less than half of Minnesota family child care providers and roughly 60% of child care centers are optimistic about the future of their businesses. The kicker? It’s the best outlook the industry has ...

An expert panel convened in March to develop a five-year improvement plan for Connecticut’s early childhood education system submitted its final report to Gov. Ned Lamont last week, laying out the ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A local nonprofit has a new plan aiming to make child care universal and affordable. The Children’s Agenda, based in Rochester, has proposed a roadmap that includes two major funding ...

Fernando sat quietly among a group of students at St. Mary Villa Child Development Center on Monday morning as a teacher read to them. “What does Fernando do?” the teacher asked. “Nothin’,” a little ...