Millions of kids stay at in-home child care centers in the United States. Advocates believe improving the quality of home-based centers could be a boost for rural communities. Credit: Jackie Mader/The ...

Despite a statewide child care shortage and recent laws relaxing restrictions on at-home day care, an HOA’s strict bylaws ...

Home-based child care providers, like this center in San Francisco, are an important part of the early childhood ecosystem, advocates say. But providers often have a difficult time if they want to ...

San Mateo County Supervisors Lisa Gauthier and Jackie Speier host second county child care town hall in East Palo Alto’s EPACENTER on Aug. 27, 2025. Photo by Lisa Moreno Connie Rodriguez, who runs a ...

Reliable child care in Silicon Valley has been tough to find over the past few years, but a new network for in-home services is helping. Upwards Boost is a network created by a mom who was in the same ...