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Day Care for Less Than $10: How Canada Is Easing the Burden for Parents
A national program is reducing day care fees to as low as 10 Canadian dollars, about $7.60, per day, a relief for families even as a surge in demand has created obstacles.
Eligibility for a Montana funded child care scholarship will expand in July
Lack of affordable child care pushes Montana workers out of labor force
According to Child Care Aware of America, the average price of infant child care in a center-based program in Montana was 103% more than the average annualized cost of rent in 2020.
New website offers a resource hub for all in child care
The Montana Child Care Business Connect Program, part of Zero to Five Montana, helps support the start, and expansion, of high-quality, early child care businesses in Montana, and they just unveiled their new online resource hub for all stakeholders in the child care industry.
How affordable is child care near me? Search our database of day care prices by county
One of the largest struggles families in the U.S. face is finding quality child care they can afford. The search for a center or home-based provider can be overwhelming, and the price tag can be shocking.
Where is child care most expensive? New labor department data breaks down costs by county.
The data show childcare costs range from 8% to 19% of a median family’s income per child. That’s anywhere from $5,357 to $17,171 per year when adjusted for inflation.
