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Child care costs continue to rise

(CNN, KYMA/KECY) – Child care is getting more and more expensive with the annual price of child care increasing by 29% from 2020 to 2024. That's according to a new report by Child Care Aware of America. Last year, the national average price for child care was just over $1,300. Meanwhile, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports shows that the fertility rate in the U.S. is near a record low. A U.S. government agency said that this ye…

Officials Sound Alarm Over Delayed Federal Child Care Payments to States

The Trump administration has failed to send out an estimated hundreds of millions in discretionary funding to state child care agencies that should have gone out weeks ago, five sources in the federal government and advocacy organizations confirmed. The Child Care Development Block Grants (CCDBG), which states mostly use to provide subsidies to low-income families, were anticipated to arrive around April 1, the start of the federal fiscal year’s…

While White House advisors consider financial incentives for women to give birth, including the idea of a $5,000 “baby bonus”, families and people may be reconsidering becoming pregnant due to the fact that they are...

Child care costs still rising as the Trump administration eyes incentives to boost falling birthrate | News Channel 3-12

By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — While White House aides consider financial incentives for women to give birth, including the idea of a $5,000 “baby bonus,” families and individuals may be rethinking getting pregnant because of spiraling child care costs, experts say. The annual price of child care continued to rise in 2024, with prices increasing by 29% from 2020 to 2024, according to Child Care Aware of America’s latest annual report, released We…

Child care costs still rising as the Trump administration eyes incentives to boost falling birthrate

The annual price of child care continued to rise in 2024, with prices increasing by 29% from 2020 to 2024, according to Child Care Aware of America’s latest annual report, released Wednesday.