childcare

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.

As the pandemic began to surge, schools closed and most students switched to online learning almost overnight. Schools with less access to technology…

The Illinois Department of Public Health reports 899 new cases of COVID-19 and 31 more deaths attributed to the coronavirus as of April 5. That brings the…

Illinois politicians would be allowed to use campaign money to pay for child care under legislation being considered in the General Assembly.