The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), a federal nutrition education and meal reimbursement program, feeds 4.4 million children annually, including young kids in a variety of early care and ...

There’s a lot to keep toddlers busy at Dill’s family child care. Credit: Anya Kamenetz for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have ...

Ever since the pandemic, the child care sector has grappled with tight budgets, staffing shortages, and low wages. Dara Bloom, an associate professor at North Carolina State University, has watched ...

DAPHNE, Ala. (WALA) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has nixed more than $1 billion in federal funding to help schools and child care facilities buy fresh food from local farmers. This week, the ...

VIENNA – Becky Edwards says she loves her job. Edwards has Becky’s Family Day Care in a facility at her family home in Vienna, caring for 12 children. “I’ve been babysitting since I was in tenth or ...

The delayed issuance of November SNAP benefits, a lifeline for millions of New York’s adults and children, risks setting off ripple effects that reach far beyond the kitchen table. For thousands of ...

It’s difficult for a child who arrives at their school or child care program hungry to engage fully with educational activities, build relationships and develop the self-regulation skills essential ...