MADISON, Wis. (WSAW) - More than 3,100 child care providers across the state will receive a total of $8.7 million through the first payment of the Child Care Bridge Payments Program. Gov. Tony Evers ...

Some Missouri day care centers have been forced to shutter as state subsidy payments remain backlogged due to glitches in a new system. This spring, the state of Missouri owed Kimberly Luong Nichols ...

This spring, the state of Missouri owed Kimberly Luong Nichols $5,000 in backlogged payments for children at her Kansas City daycare who were part of a state subsidy program. For four years, she’s ...

This story was originally published by The 19th on April 2, 2024. For more than a decade, Erin Farias has watched the low-income families who send children to the day cares she runs navigate America’s ...

A massive backlog of payments to Missouri child care providers will continue beyond October despite a previous pledge that the state will be caught up by the end of this month. Pam Thomas, assistant ...

ST. LOUIS — There's a crisis unfolding across Missouri that could leave countless families and child care providers in a bind. For many child care providers in Missouri, hope and perseverance are all ...

More than half of the state's 8,323 child care providers were recently notified that the monthly payments they receive from the state will be cut significantly in May and June. State officials say ...