When parents need back-up care, that typically means hiring a sitter, which costs an average of $25 per hour nationwide (and ...

Josh Brooks hadn’t planned for a career taking care of young children, but in tenth grade he started spending time with his ...

Child care workers typically earned $13.71 an hour, or $28,520 a year, in 2022, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Employment remains lower than it was prior to the pandemic.

As students head back to school, many parents struggle to pay for child care for preschoolers, or for older children once school is done for the day.

The maximum amount of claimable child care expenses -- $8,000 for one child or $16,000 for two or more -- is not affected by income level. However, the rate of return for the child care credit ...

Families have it a bit better in Denver. There, child care costs nearly $1,600 a month per child on average, 18% of the ...

Hundreds of child care providers in 27 states and Washington, D.C., went on strike Monday to remind policymakers how essential they are, not only to families but to the nation’s economy.

Reno City Council last week gave city staff the green light to review its existing child care ordinances and offer amendments ...

In the U.S., it's $500. Child care is scarce, expensive for most families and of varying quality; and providers earn an average of around $25,000 a year, even with specialized training and degrees.