Gov. J.B. Pritzker gave his 2026 budget address on Wednesday. Here is what he asked lawmakers to approve for early childhood, ...

Thousands of PA caregivers could see pay raises under Shapiro’s budget plan, which aims to fix workforce shortages in child ...

Nannies are often vital caregivers, teachers, and companions for the children in their charge, hired because of years of ...

A Chalkbeat analysis identified about 175 Colorado centers currently owned or backed by private equity or venture capital ...

Gov. Laura Kelly has renewed her bipartisan effort to create a new Office of Early Childhood that would consolidate Kansas ...

Child care providers appreciate tax breaks, but giving them to corporations could unintentionally harm local centers, said ...

New Hampshire businesses may be losing an estimated $56 million because the state’s child care shortage is disrupting parents’ ability to work, according to a new study ...

Portland. The "Momnibus," a package of seven bills, six of which have already been introduced, focus on ...

We've had a lot of freedom to really build a system that meets the needs for Alabama families and children,” Jan Hume, acting secretary of Alabama’s ...

The bills proposed by Gov. Kim Reynolds would launch a new $16 million grant program to provide three-year grants of up to ...

Deputy Chancellor Simone Hawkins said she could not put a number on the amount of outstanding invoices, or how much money is owed.