Child advocates — and Gov. Josh Stein — are urging legislators to tackle pay, subsidies and infrastructure to improve access to child care.

State leaders say North Carolina’s child care system is facing a growing crisis as families struggle with long waitlists, rising costs, and fewer facilities.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NC Gov. Josh Stein at a Durham child care center. (Photo: Lynn Bonner) North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein, with Lt. Gov. Rachel Hunt ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Haley Durham, a teacher at the Little School of Hillsborough, prepares to blow bubbles to the delight of Wells, 1, on Thursday, ...

Students in the two to three-year-old classroom at the Community School for People Under Six in Carrboro, North Carolina. For the first time in years, going back to the onset of the pandemic, North ...

Child care costs are rising in North Carolina, now over $11,000 a year on average. Meanwhile, state spending on autism therapies has spiked hundreds of millions of dollars. Both topics have the ...

The new statewide plan assigns care managers to children within 24 hours and allows health records to follow them as they move between homes.

(WWAY) — A new LendingTree study highlights the growing financial strain child care costs are placing on families across North Carolina and the nation. Researchers found that families in North ...

State lawmakers are considering expanding access to birth doulas for Medicaid patients. A legislative committee reviewed the topic on Tuesday, part of a healthcare oversight hearing that also included ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Democratic state lawmakers and child care advocates sounded a warning Thursday about a “child care crisis” due to the growing number ...