Here are some tips for making summer child care more affordable, this year and beyond: Plan ahead for summer. Child care costs tend to rise in summer, so it’s a good idea to budget for them.

A DCFSA is a pre-tax benefit account used to pay for eligible dependent care services, such as preschool, summer day camp, before- or after-school programs and child or adult daycare. You can ...

The scramble for summer child care is no easy feat for working parents. Families must weave together summer camps, friendly favors and leeway at work — often at high cost.

Child care centers and entities offering summer programs for K-12 students must adhere to certain protective measures set by the Office of Public Health (OPH), including:Social distancing ...

T he United States’ summer-child-care nightmare can be traced to 1971 and President Richard Nixon’s veto of the Comprehensive Child Development Act. That bill—at the time the most ambitious ...

Child care and summer recreation camps will reopen in a phased approach, but the plan is still evolving, Gov. Charlie Baker said Monday. Officials said they are developing plans for summer ...

As such, if the child does not need care (i.e. a teenager who does not need or require care during summer vacation) or another suitable individual, like a co-parent, co-guardian, or the usual ...

Child care centers face additional challenges as the busy summer season transitions to fall. The industry has been experiencing rising costs and workforce shortages for the past few years.

The summer scramble seems unlikely to end unless U.S. society moves its philosophy away from “every family for itself” and toward an understanding that school, work, and child care are all ...

Finding child care to last the entire summer has long been a problem for parents of young kids. In 2019, the Center for American Progress polled around 1,000 parents of children under 13 and found ...

T he United States’ summer-child-care nightmare can be traced to 1971 and President Richard Nixon’s veto of the Comprehensive Child Development Act.