Georgians all have a part to play in supporting a healthy, resilient child welfare system. That includes supporting and ...

Child care workers, a substantial portion of whom are immigrants, are setting up detailed protection plans with the families in their care in case parents or the workers themselves are detained, ...

Think of how many people want to work and can’t because they can’t afford child care. … If they can get child care, then they ...

In America, child care teachers earn a median wage of $13.07 an hour. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have ...

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Parents, child care workers and elected officials are condemning the Trump administration's decision to freeze child care ...

Colette Nakielski attempts to focus on work while simultaneously entertaining her then-1-year-old daughter Charlotte in February 2023 at St. Patrick's in Anamosa. Nakielski, of Mount Vernon, joined ...

Childcare provider Nicolle Orozco Forero (center) and her two children Juan David and Daniel are being detained by ICE, leaving many families she supports without child care. (Courtesy Stephanie ...

Across the country an estimated 20 to 40 percent of child welfare caseworkers leave their jobs every year while 90 percent of agencies report difficulty hiring and retaining qualified staff, with ...

Julia Bennker's job consists of multiple roles. She's a teacher with detailed lesson plans. One minute she's a chef who caters to the pickiest of palates, the next she comforts a wobbly toddler who ...

Two years ago, Nicolle Orozco Forero walked into an in-home day care in Seattle, Washington, looking for a job. She was barely 22, a whole five feet tall — if that. But she was calm, focused. Her ...