It’s difficult for a child who arrives at their school or child care program hungry to engage fully with educational activities, build relationships and develop the self-regulation skills essential ...

A new report by the Mississippi Low-Income Child Care Initiative (MLICCI) found that the state’s 2025 child care funding cuts ...

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore announced $10 million in new state funding Wednesday to expand child care and fresh food businesses in underserved communities. The governor also launched a new digital ...

There’s a lot to keep toddlers busy at Dill’s family child care. Credit: Anya Kamenetz for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have ...

MADISON, Wis. (WSAW) - More than 3,100 child care providers across the state will receive a total of $8.7 million through the first payment of the Child Care Bridge Payments Program. Gov. Tony Evers ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -Gov. Mike DeWine signed the state’s two-year, $60 billion budget, which includes a new $10 million child care cost-sharing initiative. DeWine signed the budget bill at 11:15 p.m.

Ever since the pandemic, the child care sector has grappled with tight budgets, staffing shortages, and low wages. Dara Bloom, an associate professor at North Carolina State University, has watched ...

As 2025 came to a close, EdSurge spoke with a group of child care and early education experts on what we can expect for the ...

Wisconsin's Child Care Bridge Payment Program will provide $110 million to child care providers through June 2026. This program replaces the pandemic-era Child Care Counts program, which ended in June ...

Child care vouchers for low-income families have been a lifeline amid the city’s affordability crisis. They could vanish unless state lawmakers move quickly to fund the program. By Alyce McFadden For ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dania Kasim takes a visitor on a classroom-by-classroom tour of the child care center she has owned and run since 2010. She introduces staff members, many of ...

The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), a federal nutrition education and meal reimbursement program, feeds 4.4 million children annually, including young kids in a variety of early care and ...