WORKING PARENTS. THE NEED FOR AFFORDABLE CHILD CARE IN HOWARD COUNTY HAS GONE UP SINCE THE FEDERAL WORKER LAYOFFS. A NEW INITIATIVE SPEARHEADED BY THE COUNTY HELPS ADDRESS THAT NEED. GO.

JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri’s child care issue is being addressed again after a bill changing provisions on licensed in-home child care facilities was passed through the House on Wednesday.

GEORGIA (WJBF) – Georgia child care teachers and staff will soon receive strong recognition of their ongoing hard work and commitment: a $500 bonus. As part of its continuing dedication to ...

The Coalition has made an election pledge to put $20 billion into regional health care, child care and infrastructure. It says if it forms government, the Coalition will divert funding from a ...

New research shows educational disadvantage begins when children are as young as two if they cannot access child care. As many as one in four Australians live in "childcare deserts", and experts ...

Layoffs in the Office of Head Start, a federal early childhood education program for low-income families, are leaving local child care providers feeling untethered. “It's like cutting off the ...

Kansas child care providers will have to pay licensing fees again after a federal funding cut by the Trump administration. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reinstated the fees after ...

In the 118th Congress, the share of total child care bills that were bipartisan increased to 40.7 percent of all bills introduced—from 31.7 percent in the 117th Congress. Democrat-only bills ...

However, Lem recommends that patients who are interested in having a nature prescription for health bring it up at a regular visit with their health-care providers. During the first year of the ...

High school sophomore Samira Barotova is long past preschool age, but she acutely felt the impact of the city’s child care crisis. When her little brother couldn’t get a spot in the city’s ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Delaney Griffin, center, plays with toddlers at ...

For parents who need to work but can’t afford the steep cost of child care, federally funded scholarships can be a lifeline. Delivered through state child care assistance programs, the ...