Those 16 and 17 can obtain a provider license, “as long as they are continuously supervised by a licensed provider and are not left alone with children.” ...

More than 300 child-care facilities are closed amid the L.A. fires, sending thousands of families scrambling to find care.

Child care providers face such thin margins that eliminating licensing fees could help them keep their doors open.

Though the state faces a critical child care shortage, the government has not made it easy to open new facilities. These are ...

The bill would allow single-owner child care companies or nonprofits, like YMCAs, to open multiple locations under one license.

There was such a gap in services,” said one specialist. “A couple years ago, you would have somebody who wanted to start a ...

Closures after Helene had cascading effects for the families who rely on child care and for the staff employed by these ...

An in-home provider must pay $30. A child care center must pay $125 for the first 12 children plus $12 for each additional child. The licensing fee for a center with 40 children would be $461.