"I don't want a Hallmark card, I want a policy change." Heidi Lewis, a mother of two, is seen working from home in Silver Spring, Maryland, amidst in-person child care and school closures, April 2020.

MOORHEAD — CAPLP’s Child Care Aware Northwest District Program will join community organizations across the country in observing Provider Appreciation Day ® on May 9 to celebrate the efforts of local ...

Finding child care in North Carolina is a growing burden for families as many centers are short-staffed and children are placed on long waiting lists. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human ...

Gov. Laura Kelly outlined her priorities during the 2025 State of the State address. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s State of the State address focused on long-term strategies to improve Kansas, ...

Family child care (FCC) educators from across the state of Delaware gathered to further their professional development and build relationships with colleagues at the First State Family Child Care ...

On a daily basis in the U.S., too many parents are forced to make hard choices about whether to go to work or care for their young children – and the impact on the economy is devastating. In fact, ...

Educator Tiffany Taylor, CEO of The Baby Play Place Inc. in New York, with students. Taylor believes that better wages, funding and resources for child care will positively impact our communities.

The Child Care for Working Families Act would invest in the United States’ care infrastructure, growing the economy while lowering child care costs for the middle class. A mother holds her young child ...

I regularly hear from Delaware County businesses that they are struggling to hire and keep employees because working parents can’t find convenient, affordable child care. And parents seeking child ...

PUYALLUP — Bailey Hazzard, 25, and her toddler, Finnley, go to school on the same campus. Hazzard wants to be a labor and delivery nurse. This spring, she started studying at Pierce College and hopes ...