*UPDATE – MONDAY, NOV. 30TH IS DEADLINE TO APPLY FOR THIS PROGRAM* This school year started unlike any before – with remote learning for all Wake County students. For some parents who can’t work from home, this has created new and unexpected expenses like paying for childcare or supervision for their kids as they attend […]

You can receive free emergency child care for the months of October and November 2020 (subject to the availability of funds) if your school-age child is attending a licensed child care center or home or registered community-based organization for remote learning as a result of the COVID-19 crisis AND you have a household income below […]

North Carolina will continue to stay paused in Safer At Home Phase 2 until at least Sept. 11. Child care facilities, day camps and overnight camps remain open with enhanced cleaning and screening requirements. A hotline is available to help families find child care programs that are open and meeting NCDHHS health and safety guidelines. Parents and caregivers can call […]

Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Dr. Didi Saint-Louis spent her formative years traveling due to her father’s job as a Haitian diplomat. Now living in Atlanta,…

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South Carolina’s News Channel 6 in North Augusta reported recently on the case of Debra Harrell, a working mother jailed for leaving her 9-year-old daughter at the park…

Budget cuts in Wake County are creating a childcare crisis for hundreds of parents. As of March 1, low income working parents who used to depend on vouchers to help pay for their children’s daycare won’t have that option. Budget cuts forced the cancellation of those payments and many parents are now frantically trying to […]

First Lady Michelle Obama rolls out the next level “Let’s Move Childcare” She joked with the young children, that she apologizes they did not get their naps. The First Lady announced the child-care phase of her “Let’s Move” campaign on Tuesday and encouraged the use of a checklist to improve healthy eating and increase physical […]