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 available in Michigan.

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

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 ...

Senate Bill 311 would tie to inflation reimbursement payments for child care providers that accept children qualifying for ...

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 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 ...

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

The Senate Housing and Human Services considered a package of bills on Tuesday to lower the cost of child care in the state, ...

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 ...

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

(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 ...