New York and four other states are suing the Trump administration over a sweeping freeze of more than $10 billion in federal funding for child care and anti-poverty programs, warning the cuts could rapidly disrupt services on which hundreds of thousands of low-income families rely.

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

Access to one additional opportunity, like after-school programs, was correlated with improved outcomes for low-income children, a new study found. Credit: Getty Images The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have ...

A new report released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows gaps remain in Vaccines for Children, a federally funded program to provide free vaccines to low-income families, with lower vaccination coverage among children living in ...

Washington – Reports that President Donald Trump’s administration will freeze $10 billion in child care aid for low-income families in New York and four other Democratic states have sent state and local government officials scrambling to find out exactly what’s at risk.

The idea of a universal basic income—a taxpayer-funded minimum monthly payment meant to reduce poverty and improve opportunity—is alluring. That’s especially true for low-income mothers of newborns. Unconditional cash payments could help parents meet ...

BERLIN, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 14: Children play outside in the playground at the Kleiner Fratz child daycare center in Neukoelln on September 14, 2022 in Berlin, Germany. Child daycare centers across Germany are facing compounding problems, including rising ...

PHOENIX – For about a third of school-aged children, the world looks blurry but vision care in childhood goes beyond who can get glasses in kindergarten. Poor eyesight can go unnoticed for years and affect the basics of well-being, from the ability to ...