The importance of Path’s mission is underscored by the sobering statistics pertaining to child development delays.

The number of child care workers who struggle to meet basic needs like food, healthcare and housing is on the rise, according ...

Local child care centers and the Child Care Works Initiative, operated by the Mason City Chamber of Commerce, have been left ...

The review by the state Office of the Auditor General also found 59 sex offenders with addresses within 300 feet of a child ...

The maximum amount of claimable child care expenses -- $8,000 for one child or $16,000 for two or more -- is not affected by income level. However, the rate of return for the child care credit ...

Full-time child care for one infant is the highest monthly expense for some families in the United States. The cost of child care for two children is more expensive than rent in all 50 states, and ...

Source: Survey of 3,815 child care owners or directors conducted by the National Association for the Education of Young Children, Jan. 8-22, 2024. By The New York Times ...

The cost of child care has risen so high in recent years that some parents can't afford to work. As of September, the average household spent more than $700 a month on child care, up 32% from 2019 ...

It found child care prices ranged from $5,357 for school-aged home-based care for one child in small counties, to more than $17,000 in 2022 dollars for infant center-based care in large counties.

In the U.S., it's $500. Child care is scarce, expensive for most families and of varying quality; and providers earn an average of around $25,000 a year, even with specialized training and degrees.