Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In February 2021, the federal government sent a $24 billion lifeline to day care ...

On Saturday, $39 billion in federal child-care funds made available through the American Rescue Plan Act are set to expire. As a result, close to 3.2 million children could lose their spots in early ...

The $39 billion investment in child care through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) was a critically needed lifeline for an already underfunded sector during an incredibly challenging time. As the ...

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I had a fantasy that after the child care disaster of the past couple of years, there might be a more permanent, federal-level change in financial support for the sector. It did feel, for a little ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Vice President Kamala Harris announced a new child care plan Tuesday ...

Hurricane Helene put rural Western North Carolina’s home-based childcare providers under an existential threat. The natural disaster washed over years of insufficient funding and lack of support, ...

Rebecca Bailin pays $32,000 a year for her five-month-old's all-day child care in New York City. That's higher than the national average, but not unusual. Many parents in the city and in other parts ...

Berkeley child care centers are awaiting the arrival of a combined $80 million in emergency grant funding from the Measure C ballot initiative passed by Alameda County voters in 2020. The Measure C ...

The Kamala Harris administration economic policy platform outlined on Friday would bring back a fight over the expanded child tax credit Joe Biden has tried and failed to pass despite bipartisan ...