Without federal subsidies, Breyanna Rodriguez’s child care bill for her four children would run $4,400 a month, which would eat up most of her husband’s paycheck. With child care assistance, Rodriguez ...

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New York Democratic officials criticized the Trump administration's freezing of New York State's funding for social services, including child care — and providers feared the move could have ...

Programs in New York that help parents pay for child care and provide cash aid to low-income workers are in limbo with the Republican Trump administration's move to freeze funding for those benefits ...

The Trump administration’s crackdown on the $12 billion Child Care and Development Fund, which subsidizes care for 1.4 million children from low-income households, has rattled child care providers and ...

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday that it would rescind a series of Biden-era rules governing one of the largest federal funding sources for child care. The move comes ...

The Trump administration said Monday it was expanding its freeze on social-services funding to California, Colorado, Illinois and New York over fraud concerns, according to senior administration ...