Another day in Paradise, where 3 million Floridians may soon go hungry. SNAP, what we used to call Food Stamps, is out of ...

For some, the high cost of child care in the U.S. is a higher expense than rents and mortgages, or even in-state college tuition, and has pushed tens of thousands of women out of the workforce this ...

In South Dakota, I know we have the supports in place, but the state does not have the capacity ... the Supplemental ...

Last month, New Mexico’s governor announced that the state would soon become the first in the country to offer universal free ...

Republicans have said they want a short-term funding agreement; Democrats say they want Congress to extend health care ...

Thousands of child care seats could disappear as Indiana slashes provider reimbursements and halts new voucher enrollments through 2025. Providers warn of closures and staff losses, with some already ...

Tennessee faced a $44.5 million budget cut due to an unexpected shortfall in federal child care funding this year. The cut is driving up costs for low-income families that get help from the state to ...

A new report claims that Oregon is expected to spend significantly more during its current budget period on a program that provides free health care for legal and illegal immigrants than the state ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The Climate Prediction Center has officially issued a La Niña Advisory. That means La Niña conditions are present and expected to persist. La Niña and El Niño are a part of the El ...

Corrections & clarifications: A previous version of this article misspelled Douglas Lechner’s name. Louisiana public school librarian Amanda Jones loves helping kids find the right book. It’s her 25th ...

Amit Arora received funding from National Health and Medical Research Council from 2012 to 2019. He undertook the child oral health survey in Lithgow prior to the implementation of water fluoridation.

Child welfare professionals work in a stressful environment. Seeing families at risk of having children removed from the home frequently results in occupational trauma, burnout and negative health ...