Benefit program offers virtual child care for parents in a bind
Working parents have been dealt a difficult hand during the coronavirus pandemic: Tasked with balancing work, home and child care responsibilities, many are buckling from...
Nearly 10 million kids could gain affordable child care under new bill
Proposed federal legislation from Democrats could provide nearly 10 million children from lower and middle-class families with free or reduced-cost child care, according to new...
Why are the waitlists for child care so long?
This is just one of the stories from our “I’ve Always Wondered” series, where we tackle all of your questions about the world of business,...
For working parents, child care came at a steep cost during Covid
Every working parent was put to the test in 2020.Managing job responsibilities along with remote school and other household tasks caused some to fall behind...
Tallahassee child care centers struggle to hire workers
Kim Sineath, who has been struggling to find new employees to staff her child care center, thought she finally found someone to hire.But when Sineath gave...
Central Texas child care providers struggling even as economy recovers
The price of child care tuition in some areas is comparable to tuition at a four-year university, according to the Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area....