It’s difficult for a child who arrives at their school or child care program hungry to engage fully with educational activities, build relationships and develop the self-regulation skills essential ...

Only three out of five licensed childcare centers in low-income areas participate in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), revealing an opportunity to provide healthy food for children and ...

In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, ...

There’s a lot to keep toddlers busy at Dill’s family child care. Credit: Anya Kamenetz for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have ...

Sarah Morgan was looking forward to enrolling her 1-year-old son Lucas at the Skagit Valley Family YMCA’s early learning center in Anacortes, Washington, this fall. Her older son Jameson, 5, had a ...

Ever since the pandemic, the child care sector has grappled with tight budgets, staffing shortages, and low wages. Dara Bloom, an associate professor at North Carolina State University, has watched ...

Blue Water Community Action Agency is continuing efforts to appeal a state administrative decision late last year that ousted the organization from a Michigan Department of Education meal program. The ...

America is headed for a "child care apocalypse" if Congress is unable to avert a federal government shutdown that could begin as early as this weekend. With less than 48 hours until federal funding ...

SANTA FE, N.M. — Tens of millions of voters have already cast ballots in the election, with living costs top of mind. For many families, child care is often the biggest. Maggie Wright-Oviedo and her ...

The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), a federal nutrition education and meal reimbursement program, feeds 4.4 million children annually, including young kids in a variety of early care and ...

In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, ...