Child Care Was Broken Before Covid. Now It’s Worse. How we got here and how to fix it.

Ahead of FFN Appreciation Week 2025, a member of the Home Grown staff shares her personal experience with family, friend and neighbor providers and why she's passionate about supporting them.

Severe climate and weather disasters in the U.S. have become more frequent. For home-based child care providers, these disasters not only affect the health and well-being of those impacted, but they also disrupt the livelihoods of HBCC providers and caregivers whose businesses are run from their homes.

When the devastating LA fires displaced families and child care providers, Home Grown and local partners moved quickly to provide emergency cash aid.