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 ...

When the single mum pushed her child on which women he meant, she said her son replied: “Just women in general.” The conversation progressed and she asked her son to name a woman in their life ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Accountable Care ... child risk determination, expanding the scope of health-related social needs eligible for payment, and ...

the New York State Health Department is backing off a bit on the deadline for a controversial payment plan run through Medicaid for home health care for seniors and the disabled. A November 2024 U ...

Child care vouchers for low-income families have been a lifeline amid the city’s affordability crisis. They could vanish unless state lawmakers move quickly to fund the program. By Alyce ...

As a single mother whose parents are in poor health, she doesn’t have other child care options. “I do everything on my own,” she said. Without the voucher, day care would cost about a third of her ...