The federal Child and Adult Care Food Program works. One of 15 US Department of Agriculture programs aimed at reducing...
Citing the lack of affordable access to child care in rural communities, a bipartisan group of lawmakers has sponsored a...
Five Tribal Communities in New Mexico to Receive $98 Million
Will Help Meet Goal to Bring High-Quality ECE to All 3- and 4-Year-Olds
Native American parents in five tribal communities in New Mexico are celebrating more options in early childhood education as the...
The Lahaina Fires Illuminate Our Immense Unpreparedness of Weather-Related Disasters
Will They Force Us to Reckon with the Vulnerability of Our Youngest Children in a Warming World?
There were children in Lahaina as fires razed the historic town of 13,000 people on August 8. One survivor fled...
Elected officials can determine the success or the failure of early childhood education programs by their policy choices. New York...
Minnesota Makes Major Strides on Behalf of Children and Families
Legislative Session Brings $750 Million in New Funds for Child Care and Early Learning Programs
There are major changes coming for families in Minnesota. That is how Representative Dave Pinto explains it. The Democratic legislator,...
Vermont Makes Child Care History with a Bipartisan Veto Override
Success Credited to a Decade of Advocacy, Lobbying Efforts, Coalition Building
On Tuesday, June 20, Vermont’s state legislature met in a special legislative session to consider a bipartisan veto override of...
Colorado Pilot Gives Home Child Care Providers Cash Payments with No Strings Attached
More Providers Stay Open and Manage Income Fluctuations
Angelica Lerrga started caring for children in the basement of her sister’s Colorado home in 2009, after her husband had...
With $125 Million Hanging in the Air, Vermont Sets the Stage for National Child Care
Even After the Governor’s Veto, Sufficient Votes Exist for an Override
The Vermont legislature is close to enacting their goal of bringing near-universal child care to their state with $125 million...
Tennessee on Track to Become First in Nation to Offer Diaper Benefit to Medicaid Families
Good, Say Medicaid Expansion Advocates, But More Work Is Needed
Some of Tennessee’s most vulnerable families could soon get relief from the high cost of diapers, as the state works...
The Full PUMP Act Is Now in Effect. Here’s What It Does for Lactating Parents.
The law extends protections to 9 million additional lactating parents and allows workers to sue their employer if they are not compliant.
The PUMP Act, a bill designed to extend workplace protections to an additional 9 million nursing parents, goes into full effect on Friday.
More than 700 Child Care Providers Shut Their Doors to Demand Better Pay
“Without Child Care, There’s No Workforce”
Lorretta Johnson has been running a child care out of her home in Austin, Texas since 1999, caring mostly for...