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Rules Revisions for CACFP Offer Opportunities to Improve Program Accountability and Equity

The serious deficiency process is a tool used to help regulate CACFP but often subjects home-based child care providers unfairly to swift and harsh penalties.

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Child Care Insurance Is Expensive, Hard to Find, and Complex: One More Burden for Home-Based Providers

Home-based child care providers have to carry additional insurance for their businesses, but obtaining the coverage is not as straightforward — or affordable — as it could be.

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Implementing Benchmarks for High-Quality HBCC Networks: Findings from a National Survey of HBCC Networks

This report includes findings from a national survey of networks about how HBCC networks address the benchmarks and indicators for high-quality.

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If I Can, You Can

Gisela Sance shares how the Leading from Home program has given her opportunities to expand her network, access new resources, and raise awareness for child care.

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How I Learned to Be a Child Care Leader

Catrice Sida, a home-based child care provider leader, shares her journey to becoming a provider leader.

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Si Yo Puedo, Tú Puedes

Gisela Sance comparte cómo el programa Liderando desde Casa me ha brindado oportunidades para ampliar su red, acceder a nuevos recursos y crear conciencia sobre el cuidado infantil.

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Promising Practices for High-Quality Home-Based Child Care Networks: Focus Group Briefs

This series of briefs draws from multiple focus groups of providers and network leaders to examine values, services, and implementation practices of home-based child care networks.

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Home Grown Endorses the Early Childhood Nutrition Improvement Act Introduced in the US Senate by Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA)

Home Grown is proud to endorse the Early Childhood Nutrition Improvement Act in the U.S. House of Representatives and now in the U.S. Senate. We look forward to working with members of Congress to help accomplish our shared goal of keeping our kids fed.

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Women Working in Home-based Child Care Are Experiencing the Worst of Pay Inequity

Together with the inspiring women who are home-based child care providers and caregivers, Home Grown celebrated Women’s History Month by calling for adequate wages that reflect the value of the contributions of providers to young child development, family support, and local economies and communities.

Home Grown’s Statement on the Final Rule: Improving Child Care Access, Affordability, and Stability in the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)

Read Home Grown’s Statement on the Final Rule: Improving Child Care Access, Affordability, and Stability in the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF).