Child Care

Of all the hardships child-care workers face, the biggest may be that they’re not paid a living wage in many states, according to a new report.

A first-of-its-kind bill would require California companies with more than 1,000 employees to provide up to 60 hours of subsidized backup child care. 

A new bill in Massachusetts could create a universal child care system.

Massachusetts would gradually establish a universal system of early education and child care from birth through age 5, under a new and pricey bill backed by a statewide coalition of more than 120 groups. The Common Start Coalition said the pandemic has underscored how critical early education and child care is for families and the economy, and access remains out…

Months into the coronavirus pandemic, working parents are no better off when it comes to childcare challenges.

Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) unveiled a plan Thursday that would provide American families with an extra $250 a month for school-aged children. 

Child care providers are pushing to be moved up in Massachusetts’ vaccine priority after multiple COVID-19 clusters in the state have been traced to the industry. According to the latest coronavirus public health report released by Massachusetts, 360 clusters have been linked to child care, resulting in 538 confirmed cases. It is the leading cluster category behind households. They are…

Several COVID-19 clusters in Massachusetts have been linked to child care facilities.

More than six months after a majority of stay-at-home orders lapsed in states across the U.S., the child-care industry has yet to fully recover.

The latest Covid relief bill removes the limit on dependent care FSA rollovers in 2021 and 2022.

Lawmakers agreed to a $900 billion Covid-19 relief package that provides $10 billion for the child-care industry, but advocates say it isn’t enough long term. 

Understanding your FSA is important. Here’s what you need to know and what unexpected items are eligible.

Among the many harsh truths about American society exposed by the coronavirus pandemic is this one: Our social safety net is broken. NBCLX storyteller Cody Broadway looks at how the ripple effect of the broken safety net can be seen in things like an increase in crowdfunding campaigns to cover lost wages and health expenses and a growing strain on...

Juggling child-care challenges with work responsibilities takes a toll. Roughly 9.8 million working mothers in the U.S. are suffering from workplace burnout.

Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, women have been bearing the brunt of extra childcare duties and unpaid domestic work, a study by the UN has found. 

Parents of young children may breathe a little easier and be more comfortable dropping their kids off at child care centers, after a new report found there was “no heightened risk” of the coronavirus spread at the facilities.

A YMCA in Worcester is one of several community-based organizations across Massachusetts that has been tasked by the state with swiftly converting their operations from after-school programs to a place where parents can send their children for remote learning throughout the traditional school day. “Logistically, being ready for the first day of school is going to be a herculean effort,…

State officials are working with the YMCA, Boys and Girls Clubs and other groups to offer school day child care to children of working parents.

Massachusetts may have lost more than a quarter of the available space at child care centers, complicating life for parents at a time when school districts are still deliberating whether to bring students back to the classroom this fall. Child care programs were given the green light to reopen in June after being shutdown during the pandemic, but only 5,910…

Just about 72% of the spots available in Massachusetts child-care centers before the pandemic started are expected to be there next month, the Boston Globe reports.