Sarah Morgan was looking forward to enrolling her 1-year-old son Lucas at the Skagit Valley Family YMCA’s early learning center in Anacortes, Washington, this fall. Her older son Jameson, 5, had a ...

SANTA FE, N.M. — Tens of millions of voters have already cast ballots in the election, with living costs top of mind. For many families, child care is often the biggest. Maggie Wright-Oviedo and her ...

A University of Michigan research team has used AI to help deliver exercise "snacks" to kids with autism. The research team, led by U-M exercise physiologist Rebecca Hasson, overhauled a program that ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -Gov. Mike DeWine signed the state’s two-year, $60 billion budget, which includes a new $10 million child care cost-sharing initiative. DeWine signed the budget bill at 11:15 p.m.

The Center for American Progress has developed a data dashboard that allows users to explore national- and state-level data trends on a range of child care and early learning topics, including access ...

If you bring a baby into the Hurley Children's Center clinic in downtown Flint, Mich., Mona Hanna will find you. The pediatrician, who gained national prominence for helping uncover the city's water ...

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 McFadden For ...

Head Start has faced a series of escalating threats under the Trump administration. A recent administration budget proposal calls for a complete termination of the 60-year-old program. Eliminating the ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO)- The YMCA of the Pikes Peak Region is partnering with Parkinson's Wellness Recovery to create a program that will help people with Parkinson's. One of the new programs ...

The vast majority of child care providers in Michigan cannot afford to offer their employees benefits. A new state pilot program looks to change that and reduce employee turnover by setting up an ...