Des Moines Register

Kim Reynolds announces new child care initiatives after lawmakers fail to pass her bill

A new grant program announced by Gov. Kim Reynolds would provide preschools and child care centers with $300,000 over three years to offer all-day care for 4-year-olds. Reynolds also proposed a new ...
The Hechinger Report

Child care crisis deepens as funding slashed for poor families

With less money from Washington, states are providing fewer child care slots, cutting reimbursements to centers and hiking family co-pays The first hint of trouble for McKinley Hess came in August.
EdSurge

As More States Expand Child Care Programs, This Is One to Watch

Jennifer Nicholls is the owner, lead teacher “and cook, nurse and entertainment,” she joked, at Journey Preschool, a home-based early childhood education program that cares for a dozen children.
The Conversation

Child‑care affordability is coming at the expense of equity — and it’s time governments acted

Fellow in Early Childhood Policy, Atkinson Centre, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto Kerry McCuaig receives funding from the Margaret and Wallace McCain Family ...