Child Care

As child care centers in Massachusetts continue to struggle to meet the new COVID-19 guidelines for reopening, a congresswoman has introduced a new bill to financially assist them. Somerville child care center owner Sarah Sian is one of the thousands of providers across the state who has been hit hard financially after being closed due to the pandemic. “We operate…

Massachusetts is changing some rules for child care centers after getting feedback from some facilities that they were struggling to meet the new COVID-19 guidelines for reopening.

Massachusetts is easing some regulations on child care centers and summer camps as the state moves to reopen its economy amid concerns the guidelines could hurt businesses. According to the Boston Globe, one key change is encouraging, rather than requiring, children over the age of two to wear masks to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Other changes made by the…

Parents and childcare providers have voiced a number of concerns over new state guidelines for childcare facilities, including mask requirements for young children.

A Massachusetts congresswoman hosted a roundtable discussion Thursday to discuss a major issue for parents as the state reopens: reopening child care. “The status quo doesn’t work for families, it doesn’t work for providers, and it is not working as supporting our economy,” said Rep. Katherine Clark, whose district includes Cambridge, Framingham and many of Boston’s northern and western...

State leaders, parents and health experts are discussing options for child care as Massachusetts reopens.

Bright Horizons CEO Stephen Kramer talks about new safety protocols in place in the child care industry. His company has been providing care for children of medical workers and first responders.

A petition to revise the requirements for reopening child care centers in Massachusetts has been signed by tens of thousands of people. As of Friday afternoon, more than 25,000 people had signed on in hopes of changing some of the regulations. Some of the child care providers who reached out to NBC10 Boston said the new minimum regulations were “unrealistic,”…

A petition calling for revisions to Massachusetts’ new health and safety protocols for child care facilities is gaining support.

The coronavirus pandemic has created a staggering child care crisis that threatens to undermine the tentative reopening of the U.S. economy, forcing many parents to choose between work and looking after their kids

With child care slated to resume at the end of June, daycare centers are struggling to keep up with demand as businesses begin to reopen and parents return to work.

Child care centers across Massachusetts are preparing to close their doors Monday amid the coronavirus outbreak.   Gov. Charlie Baker issued an executive order last week requiring all early education centers and family childcare providers to close starting Monday to prevent the spread of coronavirus. However, the state is making emergency child care available for families of emergency personnel, medical…

Child care centers across Massachusetts are preparing to close their doors Monday amid the coronavirus outbreak, but some options will remain. Tonya Munchbach has a home daycare in Dedham and says she’s glad she can help.

Child care centers will be closing in Massachusetts on Monday.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker announces that early education centers and family child care providers will be closing Monday, March 23, but noted that emergency facilities would be opening for families of people on the front lines of the outbreak, plus certain others.

Bernie Sanders has joined fellow progressive Elizabeth Warren in proposing that a “wealth tax” can fiance government-funded child care from infancy through age 3 for every American family, then provide universal pre-kindergarten programs after that. Fresh off his win in Nevada, the Vermont senator called the nation’s child care and early education “an international embarrassment” while unveiling a plan Monday…

If you think bringing a new human into the world is daunting, wait until you see what he or she will do to your budget. It will cost a middle-income married couple an average of $233,610 to raise a child from birth through age 17, according to 2015 data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In fact, your child is costing...