For families with two kids in child care, the cost of child care is more than a mortgage or rent in most states.| ParentsTogether
As many as 70,000 child care centers are projected to close in the next several months as pandemic-era federal funding ends, pushing an industry already in crisis to a breaking point.| The 19th
After the pandemic decimated the child care industry, parents are now routinely waiting years for care and doing anything they can to get off a waitlist.| The 19th