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 ...

Washington faces soaring child-care costs, ... The expense creeps higher to put two kids in a day-care center: more than $38,250 on average, according to Child Care Aware.

The state was ranked the second-worst for infant care center prices in 2024, taking up 50.7% of a single parent’s median income, according to the Child Care Aware (CCA) report. Washington child ...

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 ...

Washington faces soaring child-care costs, ... The expense creeps higher to put two kids in a day-care center: more than $38,250 on average, according to Child Care Aware.

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 ...

The average cost of child care in Illinois is more than $16,000 per year for an infant or toddler in center-based care, according to nonprofit Child Care Aware of America, a figure that is ...

The economic pressures driving this shift are significant. According to Child Care Aware of America, the average cost of infant care in the U.S. is around $12,000 a year.