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Some parents may be pushed out of the workforce due to lack of child care
In the U.S., child care was expensive and difficult to obtain long before the pandemic. But coronavirus has closed schools, forced parents to work from home and shuttered some care facilities for good. With COVID-19 surging in much of the…
WATCH: Biden unveils $775 billion plan for child and elder care
The proposal being unveiled Tuesday is part of the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee's larger plan to remake an economy ravaged by the coronavirus.
WATCH: House panel considers child care amid the COVID-19 pandemic
The Worker and Family Support Subcommittee holds a hearing on child care during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Many child care facilities remain closed. Who will watch kids as parents return to work?
Who will care for the children of working parents when they return to their jobs, if schools and many child care providers remain closed? The CARES Act allocated $3.5 billion to support child care programs, but a national organization says…
Experts predict a large number of women will again run for office in 2020 like they did in 2018, and child care remains a hurdle for many of them.
In recent years, the number of licensed in-home child care providers has declined about 20%. According to the Center for American Progress, half the U.S. population lives in areas lacking enough providers, with low-income families and communities of color disproportionately…
A bill that is expected to receive final congressional approval Tuesday gives 12 weeks of paid leave to mothers and fathers of newborns, newly adopted children or foster children.
One in four women go back to work within two weeks of giving birth because they can't afford to lose the pay or the job, according to the White House.
An anthropologist explores why there’s no one-size-fits-all model of child-rearing advice for all the world’s parents.
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