Cooper touts grants benefitting child care workers
Governor Roy Cooper visited High Point on Thursday to draw attention to enhanced funding for child care facilities.
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Allyson Felix launches a child care initiative for athlete moms
Allyson Felix is the most decorated US track and field athlete in history. As she wraps up her last season, she focuses on supporting other athletes moms.
The Affordable Care Act Can Help Au Pairs Avoid Medical Debt
Child care workers from outside the U.S. often buy health coverage through an agency. But those policies can have big gaps, critics warn. ACA plans are comprehensive and, with subsidies, can be cheap.
Daycare Is Costly In The U.S. — So Is Biden's Plan To Fix It
In the pandemic, child care has gotten the attention of policymakers like never before, and billions of dollars in emergency funds have stabilized the industry. Biden wants more.
Elizabeth Warren Stitches The Stories She Says 'Help Us Learn To Persist'
Sen. Elizabeth Warren says she isn't looking to be president. She's looking for change, she tells NPR, which happens when we talk about our stories — from sexual harassment to child care troubles.
Use It Or Lose It: Parents Set Wages Aside For Child Care. Now It's At Risk
For many families, 2020 ended up being a year with fewer child-care expenses. Now parents with unspent funds in their dependent-care flexible spending accounts are trying to figure out what to do.
'I Come Up Short Every Day': Couples Under Strain As Pandemic Upends Life At Home
Couples are struggling to redefine their own roles as they look to navigate a pandemic that has upended many aspects of domestic life.
The American Government Once Offered Widely Affordable Child Care ... 77 Years Ago
Affordable, quality child care was hard to come by even before the pandemic and now even more so. It's not for a lack of ideas about how to fix it. Is this the moment those ideas are taken seriously?
'This Is Too Much': Working Moms Are Reaching The Breaking Point During The Pandemic
The coronavirus did not create the struggles that working mothers face daily. But it has exacerbated them and made them more visible, forcing women of all income levels to make hard choices.
NPR Poll: Financial Pain From Coronavirus Pandemic 'Much, Much Worse' Than Expected
In the largest U.S. cities, at least half of all households have seen a serious financial loss such as lost job, wages or savings. Many problems are concentrated in Black and Latino households.