Day care facilities provide games, activities, lessons, and in some cases, field trips, designed to support early education while parents are at work or school. But for many Illinois families, the ...

A single mother in Kenwood changed jobs in order to find child care – even though it meant possibly working fewer hours and less pay. A couple in Park Ridge has paid so much for care they haven’t been ...

New Mexico's governor plans to leverage a financial windfall from oil and gas production to bankroll free child care for ...

5 EYEWITNESS NEWS’ reporting is renewing debate at the State Capitol on oversight of the $400 million state Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP). At a Minnesota House committee meeting on Monday of ...

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Capitol News Illinois. _A portion of the reporting in Alexander County is supported by funding from the Pulitzer ...