The Home Grown Thriving Providers Project, which hopes to inform early childhood policy reforms at both the local and national level through monthly cash payments, is getting national attention for its work.
Learn more about the U.S. DHHS’s Administration for Children and Families’ September 2022 Notices of Funding Opportunities and how they will affect the home-based child care sector.
As one in three child care providers report experiencing hunger, The Healthy Meals, Healthy Kids Act is the latest version of the Child Nutrition Act legislation. Learn more about the details of the policy.
Crystal Jackson, a member of Home Grown’s Building Comprehensive Networks initiative, advocates in Nevada for the voices of home-based child care providers.
Learn more about the White House Student Loan Forgiveness plan’s potential to impact early childhood workers.
Nearly 20% of home-based child care providers carry student loan debt, but they were excluded from the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
Wendy Maldonado, FFN provider and advocate, shares why she remains an FFN provider despite the systemic barriers she faces.
Read Home Grown’s statement on the Healthy Meals, Healthy Kids Act and the proposed investments in the Child and Adult Care Food Program.
Chris Nelson, Home Grown’s Provider-in-Residence and a mentor in the Leading From Home initiative, shares her experience mentoring home-based child care providers in the program.
Home Grown is thrilled to introduce the second cohort of provider leaders in our Leading from Home initiative, which empowers providers and families to inform policy decisions and actions.
