PHOENIX (AP) — 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 ...

SANTA FE — The price tag of a universal child care program launched this fall by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s administration ...

The North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services is reducing some of its child care subsidies for working families as ...

As many as 5,000 more infants and toddlers will be admitted to the state Child Care Assistance Program, which aids working poor families.

The current process states use for setting child care subsidy reimbursement rates only looks backward, building low wages and scarce resources into the future of child care. The child care industry in ...

Applications were closed last August because of a funding gap. The state hopes to accept new children starting in January.

Amid rapidly increasing child care costs and the end of pandemic-era child care funding, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey ‘s administration is making significant policy changes to state Child Care ...

The nation’s first universal child care program is rolling out in one of its poorest states — sparking debate about cost, sustainability and who benefits most.

New York changed eligibility from 200% to 330% of the federal poverty level, which made many more low and middle-income families eligible for childcare subsidies. The number of families using child ...