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

One of the bigger needs that we have in our community is child care. In a recent study, there’s nearly 400 spots that we ...

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

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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

The survey, done every month since 2021, found that the number of child care providers struggling economically is rising.