Local child care leaders say they're feeling the strain, saying that Monroe County and the City of Rochester face a lack of affordable care options…

We all want quality child care but it is a struggle to hire and retain quality staff when you offer low wages. Therefore, the turnover.…

On Thursday afternoon, Monroe County Executive Adam Bello announced three new enhancements to the county’s childcare subsidy program. The enhancements include a reduction in the…

Monroe County has made enhancements to the child care subsidy program in an effort to ensure working parents have access to vital programs.

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Over 60% of New Yorkers live in a child care desert, meaning more than 50 children under age five with no child care providers or…

The Children’s Agenda is organizing an Early Childhood Advocacy Day trip to Albany for parents and providers to urge legislators for more support of affordable…

ROC the Future has released its annual "State of Our Children" report card, which tracks key measures of wellbeing of children and youth in the Rochester area.

The Children’s Agenda, a local youth advocacy group, says there is a growing shortage of available child care in New York and the rest of…

A new report from The Children’s Agenda said the city is in the midst of a childcare crisis. According to the report, Rochester has approximately…

Advocates for children are calling the lack of childcare in Monroe County a crisis. The problem is especially acute for newborns to age three. According…

A new report from The Children’s Agenda finds a deficiency in care for infants in toddlers across Monroe County, particularly in the City of Rochester.

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Many people will say that New York State is an expensive place to live, and a new study on the cost of child care supports…

A Rochester non-profit, dedicated to speaking for some of Monroe County's most vulnerable residents, went before the legislature Thursday evening to present a "report card"…

A new statewide coalition that launched Thursday, Raising New York, seeks to tackle the social, emotional, economic and educational inequities among the state's youngest residents.

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Heartbreak still lingers in the community after last week’s tragic accident at Tim Hortons on University Avenue where a little boy died after he fell…

While a child's death has focused attention on the lack of regulations for outdoor grease traps, it has also generated discussion about a continuing problem…

How will Monroe County’s decision to lower child care co-pays change what working families will have to pay for child care? Pete Nabozny, Director of…

Reducing the County’s requirement to pay 35% of income above poverty down to 25% is an important step in the right direction of affordability and…

Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo says she’s reducing the fee that some low-income families pay for child care, from 35% to 25%.

Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo says she’s reducing the fee that some low-income families pay for child care.

Advocates are demanding Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo to keep her promise to thousands of children in the county in need of Pre-school Special Education…

Advocates for children with disabilities packed the Monroe County Legislature tonight over the funding crisis in preschool special education. 

Families and advocates confronted leaders Tuesday night over preschool special education service rates in Monroe County.

We call on County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo to instruct the Monroe County Department of Health to publish a new Preschool Special Education rate structure that…

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The Children’s Agenda is seeking stories to help to address provider shortages within the Early Intervention and Preschool Special Education systems across New York State.

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Without assistance, the cost of child care can be so great that it makes little financial sense for a parent with young children to work.