3+ hour, 23+ min ago  (1765+ words) Annette, a North Carolina woman raising her granddaughter, recounted crying herself to sleep every night before she was able to find child care in her rural Jackson County community. Finding any kind of child care can be difficult in rural…...

6+ mon, 4+ week ago  (1324+ words) Western North Carolina's child care network continues to recover from Hurricane Helene, which devastated the region close to a year ago. Providers shared their ongoing efforts to serve children and families with members of the North Carolina Task Force on…...

11+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1036+ words) Gov. Josh Stein visited Kate's Korner Learning Center in Durham on Monday to announce the creation of a new task force on child care and early education. The'executive order establishing the bipartisan task force'says its purpose is to "examine opportunities,…...