child care

A Rockford child care center -- that had been a community staple for over 100 years -- abruptly closed recently. Peter Medlin reports…

Después de dar a luz, muchas nuevas madres llegan a casa con su bebé sintiendo temor y desprevenidas, porque no tienen el apoyo que necesitan. Peter Medlin de WNIJ nos da la información sobre el esfuerzo de traer el apoyo universal para recién nacidos al condado de Winnebago.

After giving birth, many new moms come home with their baby feeling scared and unprepared, because they don’t have the support they need. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin reports on the effort to bring universal newborn support to Winnebago County.

Nuevos informes muestran que grandes áreas del norte de Illinois sufren de una falta de proveedores de salud mental y conductual para los niños. Peter Medlin de WNIJ tiene más sobre la noticia…

New reports show that big swaths of northern Illinois have a lack of mental and behavioral health providers for children. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin has more…

Illinois' recent state budget includes a new Child Tax Credit program. WNIJ's Peter Medlin talked with Aimee Galvin with the education equity & policy group STAND for Children to explain how the new child tax credit works and who's eligible.

Has children's well-being improved or declined in Illinois over the past decade? A new report released by the Annie E. Casey Foundation sheds light. Peter Medlin has more…

How is the early childcare system working in Illinois? Just ask a care provider. “It's finally to a point where the system, it can implode and our families are suffering,” they said.Learn more about what northern Illinois communities need to make early childhood programs more accessible and more affordable.

The new Illinois state budget includes $250 million for early childhood programs. Some of that will support “early intervention services” for Illinois’ youngest children with disabilities. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin reports on why it’s so challenging for families to get their kids with disabilities the care they need.

Illinois is making big investments in early child care. Why do parents say services are almost impossible to access?