GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Finding affordable and high-quality child care remains a problem for parents as a shortage continues around the state. The state has also shut down multiple day cares in ...

There are many ways to measure a child care program's quality. Michigan's Great Start to Quality system is designed to ...

Jennifer Nicholls is the owner, lead teacher “and cook, nurse and entertainment,” she joked, at Journey Preschool, a home-based early childhood education program that cares for a dozen children.

SOLON, Ohio -- Ohio’s early child care system is in crisis. Many child care centers have closed due to a lack of qualified staff, and others have unfilled capacity for the same reason. Since the cost ...

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Around 1,000 people from different countries attended a conference hosted by the National Association for Family Child Care, ...

The Center for American Progress has developed a data dashboard that allows users to explore national- and state-level data trends on a range of child care and early learning topics, including access ...

The Greater Wyoming Valley Area YMCA has received statewide and national recognition for outstanding quality child care programs. In 2023, the Greater Wyoming Valley Area YMCA was highlighted as part ...