Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The state left many child care providers across Michigan who accept the child care subsidy — a program that helps low-income ...

Through a new audit, child care providers are taking stock of the investments and sacrifices they make to keep child care ...

A set of Michigan bills aimed at lowering the cost of child care received a hearing Tuesday before the state Senate Health and Human Services Committee.

Child care providers face a storm of challenges in trying to achieve quality care for Michigan's youngest, from rising costs to limited state investment to high teacher turnover. But when those kids ...

Some of Michigan’s early education providers are getting additional funding thanks to an expanding Early Childhood Educator ...

Child care providers started 2026 worried about plans by the federal government to halt subsidy payments they rely on. The latest was announced on Dec. 31, when the Trump administration said it would ...

The Senate Housing and Human Services considered a package of bills on Tuesday to lower the cost of child care in the state, including a bill to essentially codify the state’s Tri-Share program, ...

The vast majority of child care providers in Michigan cannot afford to offer their employees benefits. A new state pilot program looks to change that and reduce employee turnover by setting up an ...

The proposals are focused on reforming licensing requirements, adjusting reimbursement rates and expanding a cost-sharing program.

Michigan's early childhood agency announced a pilot program giving higher wages to child care workers in hopes of keeping ...

The state’s child care subsidy program helps low-income families afford child care. The increased scrutiny that started in Minnesota's child care subsidy program has spread to programs in states ...

(This article has been updated to correct an inaccuracy and reflect the most current information. It should have said that students who once tried to leave Lorna Parks' child care center House of Joy ...