According to a report from Child Care Aware of America, the number of licensed home-based child care options increased by nearly 5 percent from 2023 to 2024. There were 98,807 home-based programs open ...

For example, in 2024, the annual cost to send two children (an infant and a toddler) to a child care center in the Golden State was nearly $40,000. That’s compared to more than $34,000 spent on ...

Washington consistently ranks as having one of the nation’s highest costs of living — and a new report shows that the cost of child care is a big contributor to the problem for families.

Arizona families needing child-care help got a boost this month when $112 million in federal funds became available, leading the state to suspend its child-care waiting list for the first time ...

A Child Care Aware of America analysis found that across 40 states with complete data, there were about 92,600 licensed child care centers in 2024, a 1.6% increase from the prior year. Advertising ...

According to data collected by Child Care Aware, parents would need to spend over $19,000 on family-owned child care for one infant. The cost to send them to a child care facility would be at ...

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The average price of child care in the U.S. last year was $13,128. According to a new study, Texas beat that number by nearly 14 percent.

Washington child care prices. The report included that the median income for a single parent in Washington was $42,108, and the average annual cost for an infant in a day care center was $21,348.