I retired from the practice of family child care last December after 29 years. That same month, I attended a funeral for Deanna Robles, an amazing family child care provider and early care and ...

This article was originally published in LAist. Child Care Providers United — the union that represents about 60,000 family child care providers in California — has reached a tentative deal with the ...

This story was originally published by The Daily Yonder. Chris Nelson teaches preschool in rural Vermont, just a few miles from the Canadian border, but not in the school or child care center most ...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Lakethia Clark has spent most of her adult life taking care of children, first at a church day care and later in a child care center. She loves children, but after 15 years, she was ...

When legislators think about the childcare sector, they must be mindful of family childcare as well as childcare centers. For many families, childcare centers are unaffordable and hard to access. Home ...

Home-based child care is too often misunderstood and undervalued. It’s not babysitting — it’s early childhood education. Home-based providers are trained professionals, licensed small business owners ...

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(NEXSTAR) — While the costs of many goods and services have largely held steady throughout the U.S. recently, there are some that remain expensive, putting a burden on many. Among those is child care.

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