Parents with young children are finding it more beneficial to stay at home and claim benefits - or live off their partner's income - as crippling childcare costs consume their entire salary.

Two weeks into a new program that gives New Mexico children free childcare, officials are opening up about the surge that ...

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani says he and Governor Kathy Hochul are aligned on a plan to make universal childcare a reality by ...

Governor Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF) have launched new online tools to streamline ...

Many Connecticut families are one step closer to accessing free and deeply discounted childcare, thanks to a statewide endowment created earlier this year. State leaders on Thursday announced the ...

Ballmer Group Philanthropy is pledging about $170 million annually to add thousands of slots to the state’s Early Childhood ...

"I cannot set forth a plan right now that takes money out of a system that relies on the fares of the buses and the subways," ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York said she had concerns about Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s plan to make New York City buses free.

The Literacy Center has launched a program to help English learners get certified as professional childcare instructors.

Hochul also dug into the difficulties of implementing free, universal child care. She has embraced the concept, which was a ...

For many, improving your financial situation may feel impossible, but there’s a local program that can pay your tuition, ...

New Mexico has become the first state to guarantee free child care for all residents, and is in the process of scaling up its ...