‘The check is going straight to daycare’: Parents struggle with high cost of child care
The high cost — on average more than $12,600 a year for an infant — means parents sometimes opt out of the workforce or ...
Minnesota's Republican US representatives want oversight over Walz amid child care fraud
As fraud cases continue to emerge, Minnesota's U.S. Republican congressional delegation is putting Gov. Tim Walz in the hot ...
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Lurie Children’s Hospital pauses gender care surgeries for those younger than 19
The move comes after President Donald Trump’s executive order that said the federal government would not support these ...
Tech giants pick up the child-safety policy pieces
What’s next: The Senate Finance Committee has advanced the Kids Off Social Media Act, which would ban kids from social media ...
Child safety Qld: Boy dies after living in a box in state care
A Queensland boy has died after being forced to live in a cardboard box while under state care, a damning new report into the ...
Palm Beach County falls short on mental health care. Help is finally on its way. | Opinion
Bravo to Palm Beach County commissioners, for pledging a substantial investment in mental health care. The board voted ...
Oklahoma Democrats' agenda focused on cost of living, education, health care
Despite a Republican majority, members of the House Democratic caucus said they have a progressive, smart agenda for the 2025 ...
Hawaiʻi Foster Care Numbers Are Down. But Not Down Enough
The state needs to hire more workers who can help families to ease poverty, give grassroots organizations more funding and ...
The flu forces school nurses to call in sick, leaving SA campuses without a licensed care provider. But they have a plan B.
NISD's health services director said even if a licensed nurse is absent, a staff member is always on standby, trained for ...
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New Illinois law makes it easier for grandparents, relatives to care for foster kids
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed a new bill this week that gives the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) more flexibility in certifying grandparents and other relatives as safe ...
Lamont proposes loosening guardrails, boosting child care in $55.2B budget
Gov. Ned Lamont’s proposed $55.2B budget would reform CT’s ‘fiscal guardrails’ and launch a major early childhood development ...
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Sanders’ maternal health plan would make it easier to get Medicaid — but not to keep it
The bill includes presumptive Medicaid eligibility, higher payments to doctors and hospitals — and, surprisingly, a provision ...