Child Care

President Joe Biden is calling for a 4-year extension of the new $3,000 child tax credit. But Democrats in Congress are seeking to make this credit permanent. 

Biden’s tax plan would spend $225 billion on high-quality child care and ensure families only pay a portion of their total income for child-care services.

President Joe Biden on Wednesday called for the U.S. to provide universal preschool and ensure no household spends more than 7% of their income on child care. 

New research finds that a universal child-care system could increase the lifetime incomes and security of women across the country. 

Child care advocates are thrilled to hear that Massachusetts Rep. Richard Neal, controller of the House of Representatives’ purse strings, has prioritized guaranteed child care and the right to paid family and medical leave for every worker in the federal infrastructure bill Democrats are trying to pass.

If you think Biden’s infrastructure plan is all hard hats, roads and bridges, and climate, you have not been paying attention to interests of working women.

The Covid pandemic decimated the child-care industry, which was already in trouble. It will take more than the relief aid to solve the crisis, advocates said.

Americans with kids under 18 may start receiving a portion of the $3,000 child tax credit this summer under the American Rescue Plan Act. Here’s how it works.

Among the provisions of the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill are $40 billion for the devastated child relief bill, something Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Katherine Clark highlighted on a tour of a Framingham YMCA Friday.

With the final sign off of the American Rescue Plan Act on Thursday, families and workers can look forward to a $40 billion infusion for child care. 

President Biden on Thursday signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act, which promises to provide a new $3,000 child tax credit to families. 

New $3,000 child tax credit may cause issues for single parents who trade off claiming their children as dependents.

Of all the hardships child-care workers face, the biggest may be that they’re not paid a living wage in many states, according to a new report.

A first-of-its-kind bill would require California companies with more than 1,000 employees to provide up to 60 hours of subsidized backup child care. 

A new bill in Massachusetts could create a universal child care system.

Massachusetts would gradually establish a universal system of early education and child care from birth through age 5, under a new and pricey bill backed by a statewide coalition of more than 120 groups. The Common Start Coalition said the pandemic has underscored how critical early education and child care is for families and the economy, and access remains out…

Months into the coronavirus pandemic, working parents are no better off when it comes to childcare challenges.

Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) unveiled a plan Thursday that would provide American families with an extra $250 a month for school-aged children. 

Child care providers are pushing to be moved up in Massachusetts’ vaccine priority after multiple COVID-19 clusters in the state have been traced to the industry. According to the latest coronavirus public health report released by Massachusetts, 360 clusters have been linked to child care, resulting in 538 confirmed cases. It is the leading cluster category behind households. They are…

More than six months after a majority of stay-at-home orders lapsed in states across the U.S., the child-care industry has yet to fully recover.