Child Care

Hundreds of school systems around the country have adopted four-day weeks in recent years, mostly in rural and western parts of the U.S. Districts cite cost savings and advantages for teacher recruitment.

While most business affected by Covid-19 have bounced back, child care hasn’t. An estimated 65,000 child care jobs have been lost since February 2020.

A man and a woman have been arrested on murder charges after a baby died and three other children were hospitalized following suspected exposure to opioids at a Bronx daycare center on Friday, police said.

The cost of child care is a pressing issue for parents across the country.

Federal funding for child care is approaching a critical deadline — Sept. 30 will mark the expiration of American Rescue Plan funding that has assisted day care facilities, workers and parents that use their services. Originally passed in 2021, the pandemic-era legislation had $24 billion dollars set aside for child care, $314 million of which was distributed in Massachusetts. Data…

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President Joe Biden has signed an executive order containing more than 50 directives to increase access to child care and improve the work life of caregivers.

Families in Middlesex County and Norfolk County, Massachusetts pay a median price of over $26,000 for center-based infant care annually, according to the Globe.

Two counties in Massachusetts had some of the highest childcare costs in the entire country, according to new data from the Department of Labor that was analyzed by The Boston Globe. Families in Middlesex County and Norfolk County, Massachusetts pay a median price of over $26,000 for center-based infant care annually, according to the Globe. The only counties in the…

Massachusetts child care facilities are set to lose substantial funding at the end of June unless lawmakers act. The pandemic wreaked havoc with day care centers. Remote work meant reduced demand. In Massachusetts, 1,400 went out of business. But 85% were able to keep going thanks to Commonwealth Cares for Children, or “C3,” stabilization grants from the state. “You can…

Unless lawmakers act, day care centers in Massachusets are due to lose substantial funding.

Parents, already dealing with rising inflation, are also facing increasing child care costs.

Child care providers have experienced major financial struggles during the pandemic, but ones in Boston will be getting thousands of dollars in grant money from the city to help. The more than 450 registered family child care providers in Boston will each get $3,260 to spend on things like hiring or learning programs, the city announced Tuesday. The funding, Wu…

State leaders in Vermont, from both sides of the political aisle, have long said a declining number of working-age people in the small state threatens its economic future. A big reason for that worker shortage is difficulty accessing child care, which advocates say is a problem that has reached crisis levels. According to the Vermont Department of Labor, employers across…