NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Maria Snider, vice president of the Minnesota Child Care Association - an advocacy group - about the impact of the freeze on federal child care funds.

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 fund to solicit donations from businesses to boost child ...

Texas Gov. Abbott orders comprehensive investigation into potential child care fraud following Minnesota scandal that allegedly defrauded taxpayers millions of dollars.

Danna Dennis of Essex County says she couldn’t be more grateful to the New Jersey Child Care Assistance Program that helps pay for afterschool care and summer camp for her two children. Without the program, she and her husband would be paying $170 per ...

A federal audit published in May uncovered flaws in Minnesota’s child care assistance program, finding the state did not comply with both federal and state attendance documentation requirements.

After the federal government threatened to withhold funds for Minnesota’s child-care program, citing fraud concerns, parents and providers warned that the effects could be dire.