Child Care

The first 1,000 days of a child’s life can be their most vulnerable, research shows. A new program gives money to mothers to help break the cycle of poverty.

The child and dependent care tax credit, as it’s called, was expanded for 2021 and is likely to reach more households.

With recent plans announced to distribute masks and tests in schools, many Connecticut child care providers were left wondering when they might be able to get those supplies to better protect the very young kids in their care.

With recent plans announced to distribute face masks and COVID-19 tests in schools, many Connecticut child care providers were left wondering when they might be able to get those supplies to better protect the very young kids in their care. Now they have an answer: Tuesday. Child care centers are the next recipients of these coveted COVID-19 supplies. At Bristol…

Kids under age 5 are still not eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine — and now hospitals are seeing a spike in children infected with the Omicron variant of the virus. In New York City, pediatric hospitalizations have quadrupled. And data shows huge percentages of child COVID patients have not been fully vaccinated yet, either due to choice or because...

As families head into the holiday season, it’s still uncertain whether monthly child tax credit payments will continue in the new year.

A Farmington day care center will close its doors for 10 days after multiple people tested positive for COVID-19.

Paid Leave for All said the plan would save jobs and lives, and could help provide West Virginians with $79 million more in their paychecks each year.

As lawmakers debate whether to give Americans more aid through the Build Back Better Act, a survey shows that the savings gap has widened.

Planning for the life of your special needs child after you’re gone can be stressful. Working with specialized professionals and companies can help.

Almost half of American families with young children have had a high risk of falling into poverty. That could have lasting effects on their children’s lives.

Lawmakers are poised to consider the fate of a federal paid family leave proposal, and the outcome could have political consequences in 2022.

Paid family leave may be at risk of getting cut from Build Back Better legislation due to its costs. Yet there are ways to pare down the price tag.

The fight to get a national paid family leave program in place notched a win on Friday, when House lawmakers passed a bill including the measure.

As lawmakers weigh whether to pass federal legislation addressing paid leave, research sheds light on how employees handled caregiving issues during Covid.

The coalition released a video Friday to kick off the campaign. Organizers say early childhood education is underfunded. They say they want two concrete changes: fair compensation for educators and more affordable child care.

In Connecticut, there is a new call for universal child care. A coalition, that includes providers and parents, has launched a campaign called Child Care For Connecticut’s Future.

Democrats have notched a victory in the fight for a national plan for paid leave. But getting it into final legislation could still be an uphill battle.

The Covid-19 pandemic has increased awareness of the need for broader access to paid leave. Democrats and Republicans disagree on how it should be implemented.

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