Facing budget shortfalls, states are quietly cutting child care funding — and families are running out of options.

Zohran Mamdani, the 34-year-old New York State Assembly member and democratic socialist, was elected New York City’s mayor on Nov. 4, 2025, ...

As the federal government shutdown stretches into a second month, working poor parents suddenly have no child care for their ...

A Birmingham mother who waited nearly three years for a childcare spot has created her own solution to Alabama's childcare ...

Struggles worsened for Pennsylvania’s child care providers, advocates say, as mounting debt triggered by the ongoing state ...

North Carolina is losing a startling number of child care providers. Data shows that, in August alone, more than 47 closed.

New Mexico has become the first state to guarantee free child care for all residents, and is in the process of scaling up its ...

Eleven Head Start centers shut down after federal funding delays, and more programs across California could follow.

KENT COUNTY, Mich. — Kent County’s foster care system is facing what some local leaders are calling a “child welfare emergency.” West Michigan Partnership for Children (WMPC) is a nonprofit ...

Child care providers from throughout Arkansas continued to urge state officials for help in light of the ongoing federal government shutdown and changes to the state’s financial aid program for ...

Ontario's deal with the federal government to operate a $10-a-day child-care system in the province is set to expire in five months and some advocates, operators and parents say they need certainty ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Weeks away from the state’s promise to bring free, universal child care to New Mexico families, some providers are asking the state to pump the brakes. Last week, dozens filled an ...