If you have to pay for care for your children or dependents, you may qualify for the child and dependent care tax credit.

A recent study found that Oregon families need to earn 234% of the state's average income to comfortably afford child care ...

Child and dependent care credits help families offset the costs of paying for care while they work. Are you ahead, or behind on retirement? SmartAsset's free tool can match you with a financial ...

State officials have ensured increased accountability, and for the first time in years, the state auditor can examine the ...

Improving access to quality child care is front and center in the state legislature. There are currently three bills in the state Senate, another in the House, all trying to address it. But it seems ...

It costs around $16,000 a year for child care in Connecticut per child, which is a big chunk of a budget for working families, not to mention if you have two or three or four in daycare. Senator ...

A fraud claim in the child subsidy program in Minnesota sparked chaos. A GOP senator says the same program in Michigan needs ...

Earlier this month, the Trump administration froze $10 billion in child care funding for California, Colorado, Illinois, ...

From the column: "Each closure (of a child-care facility) ripples outward, forcing parents out of jobs, straining local ...