Expanded benefits pilot: The state recently announced an upcoming launch of a two-year program that will let all licensed child care employers in Michigan buy subsidized health, retirement and life ...

In its most recent payment period, the state failed to reimburse many providers across Michigan who accept the child care subsidy. Providers say they were left stranded, unable to get timely help and ...

Children play at Kid's Castle Family Daycare and Preschool in Pflugerville on Feb. 28. (Lauren Witte/The Texas Tribune, Lauren Witte/The Texas Tribune) Federal funding and programs established to help ...

LANSING, Mich — A child care program offered through the State of Michigan announced an eligibility expansion this week, allowing for more Michiganders to qualify for its benefits. The Michigan ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio—In 2019, Greg VanWoerkom sat at his desk in the Michigan House of Representatives and sketched out a plan to tackle a problem he had long thought about: how to reduce the skyrocketing ...

State officials cited a series of issues involving the supervision of children in suspending a child care center's license.

Laura VanBlaricum trims a plastic container at the Vantage Plastics facility in Standish, Michigan. Through an arrangement between her employer and the state, VanBlaricum only pays one-third of the ...

Michigan's child welfare system has been under federal oversight since 2008 as the result of a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of children who attorneys argued were mistreated in state care.