Military leaders are leaning on families to open their own family child care homes that will offload pressure from understaffed on-base centers with long waitlists. (Photos courtesy of Julia Bardsley ...

When working parents search for child care, one popular option is to send little ones to a center with educators and classrooms. An alternative is family child care, which caters to a small group of ...

The number of Family Child Care program homes is growing, giving Army Families more options for affordable and flexible child care to support their work schedules and careers. As of Oct. 31, there ...

A new initiative in Alabama seeks to address the shortage of child care by supporting the creation of family child care homes. These small businesses aim to better serve the needs of working families.

Family child care providers say the future of their profession is on the line. The Department of Human Services in April released updated licensing standards for both family child care providers and ...

FORT KNOX, Ky. — A once popular U.S. Army Child & Youth Services program that was nearly shuttered in the wake of the COVID pandemic is beginning to stir up interest again. So far this year, the ...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Lakethia Clark has spent most of her adult life taking care of children, first at a church day care and later in a child care center. She loves children, but after 15 years, she was ...