In CEI’s 2025 Fiscal Year, Child Care Business Lab alumni opened 15 new childcare services, supporting 377 children.

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Child care is too expensive for many parents to afford. Yet it’s so cheap that child care providers often find it too hard to pay enough to attract staff or, in some cases, keep ...

This story was originally published by The 19th. During her nearly eight years in business, Dawn Kelly watched again and again as staff left their jobs at The Nourish Spot, the smoothie joints she ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. The $39 billion investment in child care through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) was a ...

The White House and the Small Business Administration on Monday unveiled new resources to support small businesses in the child care sector as the country at large grapples with a child care crisis.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio Senate is heading into budget negotiations having rejected a House proposal that would allot $10 million for the state to help parents and employers pay for child care. A ...

This week, the Colorado Small Business Development Center (SBDC), a division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT), and the Colorado Department of Early ...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Lakethia Clark has spent most of her adult life taking care of children, first at a church day care and later in a child care center. She loves children, but after 15 years, she was ...

On Tuesday, the Colorado Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and the Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC) announced a new initiative to support child care providers across the state at ...