About Us

Home Grown is a national collaborative of funders, caregivers, and providers working together to advance an inclusive child care system where home-based child care is visible, valued, and well-resourced. We work in partnership with the diverse array of family child care providers and family, friend and neighbor caregivers who comprise the home-based child care sector.

Our Mission and Vision

Our mission is to build a more inclusive child care system that values and supports home-based child care (HBCC) as a quality option for families and children.

Home Grown envisions a country in which all children have the care they need to grow, learn, and thrive.

Our Values

Home Grown’s approach is guided by our values.

Providers and caregivers lead the way in deciding on, designing, and implementing the solutions we advance. Read out full values statement here.

Pillars of Our Work

Home Grown has identified three pillars in which to focus and fund efforts: BUILD GRASSROOTS POWER, SHAPE THE NARRATIVE, and REIMAGINE POLICIES & SYSTEMS.

BUILD GRASSROOTS POWER

To ensure that: Providers, caregivers, and the families and children they serve have growing power and influence in the child care system, Home Grown works to:Activate and support new HBCC leaders, Expand HBCC provider voice & influence in child care systems, and Resource and strengthen HBCC provider-led organizations & networks.

SHAPE THE NARRATIVE

To ensure that: HBCC sector and its providers and caregiver are valued by families, policymakers and the public, Home Grown works to: Serve as a trusted hub of knowledge about what is needed to support HBCC and Amplify evidence and provider stories to demonstrate the value of HBCC.

REIMAGINE POLICIES & SYSTEMS

To ensure that: Local, state, and federal policy and resource flows are inclusive of HBCC and the families and children they serve, Home Grown works to: Build evidence and advocate for inclusive federal policies that value HBCC, Accelerate state & local policy and program innovation, andBuild and support inclusive state & local infrastructure and systems that include HBCC.