Although there is still a lot of work to be done before Ohio’s next biennium budget is finalized, one local lawmaker says help could be coming to families forced to choose between getting a ...

The budget proposal would update the subsidy rates that child care programs get per child with $80 million in state and ...

All Michigan families with a 4-year-old can enroll in free preschool. But many aren't taking advantage because they don't know they're eligible.

Deanna Edwards-Branch knows firsthand just how costly, and how necessary childcare is in the Mississippi Delta as the owner of full of joy learning center for 12 years.

The Ohio House’s version of the two-year state budget would spend $213 million on childcare programs. Most of it, $200 million, would go to vouchers that help lower-income families pay for daycare.

Windy’s Childcare Academy in Pascagoula has about 50 children enrolled with 11 workers on staff. Owner Tracey Stacy says most of the families rely on the state’s Child Care Payment Program that’s been ...