Child care

In Massachusetts, 2.6 percent of children are raised by grandparents. But on the Cape and Islands, the rate is almost four times higher, at 10 percent.

This month, the Orleans select board voted to expand the town's child care grant program to include infants—not just toddlers and young children.

Parents know high-quality child care and preschool slots can be hard to find on the Cape and Islands. Now parents and providers, with some support from…