Child care is in crisis. New funding aims to bolster workforce, economy

The child care field has a critical worker shortage, and, thanks to a grant, there will soon be training available in Spanish ...
WUNC

Bigger class sizes included in child care regulatory bill

Students play at the Community School for People Under Six in Carrboro, a child care center that has received federal COVID-19 relief stabilization grants. The state Senate is expected to vote this ...
Fox Business

Biden's spending bill could double child care costs for middle-class Americans

President Biden has pledged to limit child care costs with the passage of his sprawling social spending and climate plan, but a new analysis suggests that millions of middle-class families could ...
New York Post

Biden’s ‘help’ for child care would make the middle class pay $13K a year more

President Joe Biden could wind up hurting the middle class with his "Build Back Better" bill. AFP via Getty Images Oy: It turns out the child-care provisions of the latest version of President Biden’s ...
MinnPost

Child care is pricing the middle class out of the middle class

Minnesota has an unprecedented budget surplus, which gives us the perfect opportunity to make bold and necessary investments in childcare. Minnesota consistently ranks as one of the most expensive ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

No-cost classes on child care set

Family and consumer sciences agents will conduct free classes for childcare providers through the Best Care program. The 2023 training will be held at 8 a.m. March 4 at the parish hall of St. Joseph ...
Fort Collins Coloradoan

For dwindling middle class, lack of affordable child care burdens Fort Collins families, employers

If it feels like you are making decent money but still living paycheck to paycheck, you probably are. Despite one of the most robust economies in the U.S., Colorado's middle class is shrinking faster ...
Daily Bruin

Student parents juggle classes, child care in pursuit of degrees

This post was updated June 8 at 8:00 p.m. Each year, thousands of graduates receive their degrees at UCLA. In addition to being students, some graduates hold another role – parent. The American ...
The Union

Child-care class slated

The western Nevada County chapter of the American Red Cross is offering its California Child Care class from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sept. 21 and 22. Although designed for day-care providers, the class ...