KinderCare’s 2025 Confidence Index highlights child care as essential for reducing parental anxiety “We know the positive impact that dependable, high-quality child care can have on a parent’s mental ...

The private child care market has failed families for decades. Here's why federal funding is a key path to affordable, high-quality care for all. The federal government should be investing billions to ...

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Supporting our child care providers is essential to strengthening families, communities and our state’s economy. Access to affordable, high-quality child care is one of the strongest economic drivers ...

Indiana is rewriting the rules for child care providers. Affordability matters, but so does what kids actually learn.

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the vital role child care plays in society. Without child care, parents can’t work. High-quality child care gives children a boost when they start school. Yet child ...

In the United States, most parents of young children work, most need help caring for their children, and most cannot depend on family members to pitch in. So wouldn’t you think that providing ...

Parents of infants, toddlers have a new option for childcare. An Early Head Start program will start Aug. 12 in the updated ...