Iowa lawmakers advanced two pieces of legislation to aid the state’s ailing child care workforce and childcare centers Wednesday. Senate File 445 passed by the Iowa Senate in a 33-14 vote Wednesday.

DARIEN — Residents of Noroton Heights may have to travel if they want their child in a licensed day care center. According to the Center for American Progress, the neighborhood is a “child care desert ...

Clarification: The Eagle has since learned that there is a second day care in Great Barrington that takes infants. GREAT BARRINGTON — A new committee has sprung up to tackle the scarcity of something ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A new study has revealed the availability of subsidized child care has decreased in Austin. On Thursday, the nonprofit organization Children at Risk hosted a virtual press conference ...

This is the first installment of a five-part series on employers offering on-site day care. Steamboat Springs, a town in Colorado’s Yampa Valley, rests between a constellation of mountain peaks at an ...

Most of Oregon remains a child care desert for infants and toddlers, but an increase of preschool availability and growth in at-home day cares point to progress, state early learning officials said. A ...

A 2025 report from the Missouri Champion of Children and Child Care Aware of Missouri says that 112 out of 115 counties in the state are infant and toddler "child care deserts." A child care desert is ...

NORTH TEXAS – New data shows 20 zip codes in Dallas-Fort Worth are considered "child care deserts," where there are too few quality child care centers to meet demand. The research and advocacy ...