The most widely used form of child care in America is family, friend, and neighbor (FFN) child care. It is also the care that gets the fewest resources and support. This publication provides information about FFN care, the families who use this care, and recommendations for supporting FFN care.
Family, Friend, and Neighbor Child Care: Supporting Diverse Families and Thriving Economies
What Does Recognition and Respect for Family Child Care Providers Really Mean?
Family child care providers value licensing systems because of how these systems provide accountability and incentivize quaity care, while recognizing them as child care professionals. What providers want is simple — inclusion and representation in the decision-making bodies that regulate their work. In this blog, FCC providers share why they value and respect licensing systems and how that respect can be reciprocated through better representation of providers in those systems. Read the blog post here.