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New research shows kids in child care aren't more likely to exhibit behavior problems than other children.

As a way to reward those who have stayed in the child care field, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services is offering $66 million in stipends and loan repayment grants to workers with at least six continuous months at a licensed child care facility in the state.

When families began receiving expanded Child Tax Credit payments during the pandemic, the extra family income lifted almost four-million children out of poverty, but when the payments stopped, child poverty increased by more than 40 percent.

North Dakota lawmakers say childcare is a barrier to workforce development, and they will look at ways to make it easier for working families to afford.

A good kindergarten experience sets kids up for success in school and into adulthood.

Families nationwide have been stymied by supply chain issues, product recalls, and record 40-year high inflation that's left many baby formula shelves bare.

This week the U.S. House is expected to finally put the Build Back Better Act up for a vote, and children's advocates in Colorado are pushing the state's congressional delegation to advance a bill they say will ensure that more kids can access nutritious food. 

Even when kids spend five hours a day on screen - whether computers, television or text - it doesn't appear to be harmful.

The fact that many kids have been away from a physical school building for a year or more presents a number of challenges for them and for their family members as schools reopen and resume in-person classes.

Illuminate Colorado (Illuminate) announce this week that Kiowa County is the first county in the state of Colorado to reach the tipping point to create a new standard of child safety in the community. In June of last year, llluminate, a statewide nonprofit organization working to strengthen families, organizations and communities to prevent child maltreatment, launched the Tip Colorado Initiative aimed at training more than 200,000 Coloradans to protect children from sexual abuse.