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

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

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

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

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 ...

Data released recently by the Department of Labor Women’s Bureau, which calculated local child care prices for the U.S., show that families are paying between 8% and 19% of their incomes on ...

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 ...

Child care workers typically earned $13.71 an hour, or $28,520 a year, in 2022, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Employment remains lower than it was prior to the pandemic.

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.