Some child care providers in the Triangle and across the country will shut their doors, call out sick or close down early Monday to participate in the national "Day Without Child Care" movement. Child ...

President Trump’s suggestion this week that the federal government should step away from day care and leave the matter to the states landed with a thud among advocates. Trump ...

This story was originally published by The 19th on April 2, 2024. For more than a decade, Erin Farias has watched the low-income families who send children to the day cares she runs navigate America's ...

President Trump said Wednesday states should raise taxes to pay for day care, arguing that the federal government cannot afford to fund child care for all 50 states. The federal government spends ...

LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Pa. — Happy hearts, gentle hands, listening ears, and kind words—that's the motto of the Martin home in Throop. Hannah Martin is a stay-at-home mother of two. She spends her days ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In a little over a month, child care will be free for all New Mexico families, regardless of income. But with a perk that life-changing, is our childcare system even capable of ...

In the last half of 2025, Gertrudis Espinal watched as, one by one, children left the child care program she runs out of her ...