July's Child Care Champion, with her daycare children at her oldest daughter's wedding in June. Courtesy photo. By TONY ...

Nationwide, more than 70,000 child care programs are projected to close, and about 3.2 million children could lose their spots due to the end of the child care stabilization grant program on ...

The maximum amount of claimable child care expenses -- $8,000 for one child or $16,000 for two or more -- is not affected by income level. However, the rate of return for the child care credit ...

Child care directors say they have few substitutes to cover for those out sick, and early childhood educators typically don't have union protection.