Child Care

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“If we were going to just send it out into Never Never Land, I would have argued much harder that day to keep going," St. Petersburg Councilmember Gina Driscoll.

Latino families in Florida are facing a more severe affordability crisis compared to Latinos nationally, according to a new study.

The Trump administration is exploring ways to reverse the nation's falling birth rate. A new AP-NORC poll finds most adults don't see this as a priority.

Child care center operators share 6 reasons why day care costs almost as much as rent in Polk County.

Day care for one child costs $1,000 to $1,500 per month in Polk County — if you can get a spot.

Democratic Sen. Lori Berman hopes that will allow more young people with small children to run for public office

The Biden administration is requesting emergency supplemental funding that can help families across America and particularly in Florida.

The Biden administration is urging a federal appeals court to uphold a ruling aimed at keeping Florida children with complex medical conditions out of nursing homes.

Florida is halfway through its Medicaid unwinding process, and thousands of children have lost coverage. The state doesn't know how those kids are receiving care, now.

The obstacles that come with finding child care are only growing as a program providing child care funding to states during the pandemic ended last month.

Child care centers will stop receiving federal pandemic grants this weekend. Providers pledge to keep pay steady. Tuition? Probably not.