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.

Sixty percent of rural Americans live in child care deserts — regions with too few licensed slots for children. In rural Illinois, that number rises to nearly 70%. Over the past decade, Illinois ...

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 ...

After nearly two years of work, the Dixon Family YMCA has opened its new Lovett Child Development Center. The new 15,000-square-foot child care facility at 1675 Fulfs Lane, Dixon, provides child care ...

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.