WASHINGTON (AP) – Parents with children in day care often assume workers have cleared background checks and the facility has passed unannounced inspections, but a review to be released Tuesday finds a ...

Doubts swirled from the start. After Cynthia King’s baby Wiley Muir died suddenly at a home-based day care in Honolulu, she fixated on the things that seemed off. The medical examiner said he died of ...

Family child care providers say the future of their profession is on the line. The Department of Human Services in April released updated licensing standards for both family child care providers and ...

A January 2026 rulemaking (NPRM) seeks to rescind many requirements designed to improve child care access and affordability ...