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HHS freezes child care grants in five states, potentially impacting families

The federal government has slammed the brakes on key child care and family assistance dollars in five states, and you are the one stuck in traffic behind that decision. A fraud probe at the U.S.
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Trump’s War on Child Care

The five states promptly filed suit against the Trump administration, calling the freeze illegal and unconstitutional. On January 9, a federal judge ruled that child care funds could not be blocked, ...
The Hechinger Report

States are turning to employers to boost child care benefits

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, only 12 percent of all workers had access to child care benefits through their employer in 2023. Credit: Matthew Ludak for The Washington Post via Getty ...

Lawmakers grapple with child care costs amid budget deficit

As California struggles with a projected $18 billion deficit and federal cuts to state-run programs, child care advocates ...
Center for American Progress

Increased Bipartisan Focus on Child Care Must Lead To Congressional Action

CAP analysis finds that the 118th Congress, facing more pressure than ever to address the nation’s child care crisis, oversaw a significant increase in the introduction of bipartisan child care and ...
Center for American Progress

Child Care Expenses Push an Estimated 134,000 Families Into Poverty Each Year

Robust public investments can lift the weight of the child care affordability crisis off the safety net’s shoulders. Among impoverished families who have children under age 6 and who pay for child ...

What to know as Trump targets child care and social service funding to 5 states led by Democrats

President Donald Trump’s administration has told states that it is restricting some social safety net funds that cover services including child care subsidies, cash assistance and job training for low ...
CNN

Child care costs still rising as the Trump administration eyes incentives to boost falling birthrate

While White House aides consider financial incentives for women to give birth, including the idea of a $5,000 “baby bonus,” families and individuals may be rethinking getting pregnant because of ...
CNBC

How much child care costs in every U.S. state—it's more than college in 39 places

It costs nearly $300,000 to raise a child from birth to age 18 in the U.S., according to a recent LendingTree study, which included cost estimates for necessities like housing, child care, food and ...
The Conversation

Kids in child care need healthy movement — and guidelines can improve their health

Sophie M Phillips is supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Trish Tucker receives funding from the Canada Foundation of Innovation, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, ...
Los Angeles Times

Public school is a right. Should child care be considered one too?

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The United States has yet to fund a robust federal child-care system of the kind that exists in most other ...