Yet, with a wealth of research showing how important the first five years ... sure that it’s a high-quality facility,” said Judith Olson, executive director of Child Care Resource & Referral ...

Everyone wants quality care for kids, and the need for child care or preschool to be considered “high quality” has ... some use star ratings (one to five stars), others use tiers or categories.

Continuity and quality of child care provides security for children and their families. As this relates to children ages zero to five ... Advocating for high-quality early learning environments ...

This 2017 story by Aditi Malhotra and Lillian Mongeau looks at high-quality child care and how the United States falls short. Earlier this year, I wrote a story about what social and emotional ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Finding high-quality ... they can find child care prepared to include all children.” A mid-December search of the database found that out of 131 five-star rated child ...

Parents also said access to high-quality child care greatly improved their mental health. "We know the positive impact that dependable, high-quality child care can have on a parent’s mental health.

The average cost of child care is now $11,000 a child, according to an estimate. Like the majority of parents of young kids in the United States, Taylor and Erik Isenhour rely on day care for ...

As employers, we know that high-quality ... investments in child care is essential. This spring, Sen. Susan Collins urged her colleagues to double child care funding over five years.

Two-thirds of families had trouble accessing high-quality child care in December ... day of work because of a lack of child ...

(Jason Janik / Special Contributor) The importance of having high-quality, affordable and accessible child care is bubbling up ... 90% of its adult size by age five, according to a University ...

The event, 10 a.m. to noon in the 1150 Kentucky St. library, seeks to link Solano families and educators with information about high-quality child care opportunities in Solano County, according to ...