Rep. Suzanne Schreiber: Lawmakers have tangible ways to improve child care for workforce
Several proposed bills would expand child care access by incentivizing businesses, eliminating red tape for providers and ...
Watering Utah’s child care ‘deserts’
In 2024, a Bankrate study found that 75% of Utah exists in a child care “desert,” where there are not enough day cares to ...
6 in 10 Ohio moms would return to work if they had quality child care, new poll finds
Six in 10 Ohio mothers of young children would return to full-time work if they had reliable, affordable child care. But most ...
Feigen: How Texas Legislature can tackle child care challenge
In this opinion column shared with the, David Feigen with Texans Care for Children advocates for policy to help Texas ...
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Child care quality ratings are changing. Here’s how to provide feedback.
North Carolina's Child Care Commission is changing how the state rates licensed child care quality. Public comment is open ...
Column: Child care must be a cornerstone of region’s economic future
Investing in child care supports the workforce of today while strengthening the workforce of tomorrow, Norfolk medical ...
How parents, advocates want to make RI more friendly for families with young kids
PROVIDENCE – On Wednesday afternoon, a hodgepodge of parents, educators, other child advocates and even a few toddlers convened at the State House to set a 2025 policy agenda dedicated to meeting the ...
Not enough capacity to handle Bexar County child care needs, study finds
SAN ANTONIO - A first-of-its kind study commissioned by the City of San Antonio is looking at the availability of ...
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Study finds San Antonio child care deserts are worse than previously known
San Antonio child care providers are licensed to care for two out of three children under the age of five in Bexar County, ...
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WA child care advocates push for higher pay
Former Gov. Jay Inslee’s budget proposal included $510 million to fund rate increases for providers who take the state’s ...
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6 in 10 Ohio moms would return to work if they had quality child care, new poll finds
And parents say the problem is getting worse. Two-thirds of families had trouble accessing high-quality child care in December, up from 56% in February 2023, according to the poll of 800 ...
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Work Continues to Include Family Child Care Providers in Public Pre-K Systems
A new national initiative aims to help family child care providers in four states integrate into publicly funded pre-K ...