Michigan's early childhood agency announced a pilot program giving higher wages to childcare workers in hopes of keeping them ...

Ohio lawmakers have increased funding for publicly funded child care in recent years. But with that increase came changes that added financial strain to an industry already operating on a razor thin ...

The leaders of multiple child care businesses in Ohio urged state lawmakers once again to support measures to boost child care in the state. Members of the business and advocacy sectors also joined in ...

I live in the small city of Rolla, Missouri, where half the child care centers have closed in the past six years. In the past year, my state has lost 1,771 child care slots due to closures. This ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — As the government shutdown drags into its third week, many federal workers in the D.C. region are struggling to cover one of their biggest expenses — child care. A child ...

Claudia Pellecer plays games with children in the living room of her Chicago home daycare. Resistance networks have sprung up rapidly in Chicago in recent weeks after a child care worker was followed ...

The Downtown Children's Center in St. Louis. (Photo by Rebecca Rivas/Missouri Independent.) Child care file image. (Photo by Rebecca Rivas/Missouri Independent/States Newsroom.) The leaders of ...