child care

The state Senate is expected to vote this week on new regulations for child care facilities. The proposal would allow larger class sizes, among other provisions aimed at increasing access to child care services.

Parents were unable to drop their kids off at over 20 child care programs in Charlotte Monday due to a rally for the "Day Without Childcare" initiative, aimed at raising awareness of the crucial nature of child care and campaigning for more funding.

Some Charlotte child care providers plan to close next week as part of an annual initiative aimed at raising awareness about funding and staffing challenges at child care centers.

As President Trump changes, freezes, and pauses federal programs, some in Charlotte are apprehensive about what this uncertainty means for child care programs. That apprehension comes after federal funding was recently down for some of the area's grant recipients.

N.C. lawmakers passed a bill that would strip some powers from Gov.-elect Josh Stein and other newly elected Democratic officials, while extending funding for child care centers for three more months.

Child care continues to vex working parents. In Wisconsin, the CEO of the Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry has been trying — and struggling — to make a difference.

Faced with unaffordable or inaccessible child care options, tens of thousands of North Carolina parents have turned to caring for their children while at work.

Many working parents struggle to afford child care, and the situation could get worse very soon. Federal COVID-19 relief funds that helped child care providers raise salaries to keep teachers are set to run out. Most providers plan to charge families more.

The last of the $1.3 billion in federal funding that supported child care centers in North Carolina during the pandemic and the last few years runs out in June. According to a recent survey, nearly three in 10 child care programs in the state say they may close if funding is not extended.

This is the second in a series, On the Edge, examining the issues facing families with children in Western North Carolina.