The wait list for D.C.’s child care subsidy, which helps low- and middle-income families, comes as the city moves to rein in ballooning costs driven by rising demand.

Child care in Pennsylvania is expensive. Just one child in day care costs about 40% of the median household income of single-parent households in the commonwealth. When affordability is on everyone’s ...

Child advocates — and Gov. Josh Stein — are urging legislators to tackle pay, subsidies and infrastructure to improve access to child care.

Ohio has lost one in three manufacturing jobs since 1999, and economists warn the state's trajectory may preview where the rest of America is heading as the 2026 midterms approach ...

Not many kids like to go to the dentist, but delaying or even skipping routine cleanings can allow small problems to grow into serious ones. That’s why a ...

All of Connecticut’s neighbors except for Rhode Island offer a state income tax-based credit to offset the costs of raising children, and Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee proposed his state’s first ...

Several pregnancies connected to the Trump administration as well as the buzzy pronatalism movement have been gaining ...

Bill eliminates federal income taxes for Americans making under $46,000; is fully paid for by ensuring Americans making over a million dollars pay their fair share Vermont Business Magazine U.S.

Advocates for a state child tax credit already have enough support, at least on paper, to send a bill to Gov. Ned Lamont’s desk. They’re hoping the growing number of […] ...

At a discussion in Mumbai’s NCPA, mental health practitioners and entrepreneurs spoke about how encounters with illness ...

A perfect storm has arrived on the ledgers of many state budgets, bearing down on the people who often need help the most. Federal and state policy decisions, the end of pandemic aid and long-term ...

Dr. Will Parsons, of Texas Children’s, discusses evolving therapies, survivorship clinics and tools like Passport For Care for long-term cancer care. For a child diagnosed with cancer, cure is the ...