Early childhood development program Head Start is the latest group facing federal funding cuts — and it could affect rural areas and working families most.

On the Thursday, Feb. 20 edition: Georgia Democrats sound the alarm over possible cuts to Medicaid; lawmakers advance measure for affordable child care; and Postmaster Louis DeJoy prepares to step down.

Getting someone to watch your kid is expensive, but it could be getting cheaper in Georgia. The state Senate’s Committee on Affordable Childcare heard its final testimony in a hearing at the state Capitol Monday and is expected to release its findings for next year’s session later this month.

The 2024 Georgia General Assembly Senate Study Committees are in session starting this week. Like bills, study committees are proposed during the legislative session but as resolutions the sponsor believes need further examining during the off-season.  This year's study committees will analyze several topics, including firearm safety, artificial intelligence, affordable child care, and more.

The landscape at the Georgia Capitol is changing as more women have been elected to the Legislature and as the work of caregiving is increasingly shared among spouses.

Child care centers will receive their last checks from pandemic-era federal funding on Saturday. 

Georgia candidates can now use campaign money they raise for child care. The funds can also cover care for people who have elderly parents or disabled dependents.

January is the first month since July 2021 that more than 36 million families in the U.S. did not receive money from the expanded child tax credit program. For some, the consequences are already dire.

Another cog in the supply chain disrupted by the pandemic: diapers. And as struggling families with young children face more challenges to making ends...