Bonnie Petrie|Diapers can cost around $80 per child per month, so some families end up reusing dirty diapers, or leaving wet diapers on for too long. A new bill wants to help.
Nearly 20 percent of Los Angeles County’s children have experienced at least two traumatic events, including abuse, neglect, or poverty. And that number spikes when you're talking about kids in foster care
Only 13 percent of eligible families are using subsidized childcare. That number drops to 11 percent for Latino families, and eight percent for Asian families.
The California Assembly is considering spending $100 million dollars to give 12,000 new mothers and their babies access to home visits from a nurse or social worker.
In his revised budget, Brown restored $500 million dollars in child care funding he'd slashed in his January spending plan. The money means California will stay on track to add nearly 3,000 new preschool slots for low-income children.
Principals at two Los Angeles Unified schools with dual-language immersion classes tout the benefits for young children whose capacity to learn languages is facilitated by their still-growing brains.
