Remembering Maritza Manrique
Home Grown remembers Maritza Manrique, a fierce early childhood education advocate, a home-based child care provider and a member of the Home Grown Policy Workgroup.
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Supporting HBCC With Tax Policy
To support home-based child care with tax policy, there are opportunities for organizations to make federal policy asks or for local governments to replicate some existing, successful programs.
Home Grown Values Sustain Positive Change in the Years Ahead
Home Grown’s new values statement underscores the organization’s commitment to reimagining child care policies and systems through collaboration with home-based providers and the communities they serve. Read more.
Uplifting Community Cultural Wealth in Black Communities
Black and Brown communities have historically relied on home-based child care as a form of community cultural wealth and resilience even though this work has been consistently undervalued due to systemic inequities. Recognizing the strengths of providers and caregivers and investing in culturally rooted solutions can help shift the power in decision-making and help strengthen and support home-based child care.
Tomando medidas para apoyar a las familias inmigrantes y a los proveedores y cuidadores de HBCC
Cuando Nayeli1 se mudó a los Estados Unidos desde su ciudad natal en México, ya tenía más de una década de experiencia cuidando niños. Como hija mayor, se esperaba que ayudara a cuidar a sus hermanos menores. Lo que comenzó como un deber se convirtió en vocación amada. Al inmigrar a los EE. UU., Nayeli
Taking Action to Support Immigrant Families & HBCC Providers and Caregivers
The new presidential administration has begun making sweeping changes to immigration policies that will have a detrimental impact on immigrant families and their young children. In this blog post, we share some ways advocates can help immigrant families and colleagues.
Roots and Offshoots: Family Child Care Programs Celebrate Lunar New Year
Family child care providers have a unique ability to celebrate special holidays for the children they care for throughout the year. For Lunar New Year 2025, we spotlighted some of the celebrations happening in HBCC around the country.
What’s ahead for Home Grown in 2025?
At Home Grown, our work and focus are unchanged in 2025: We are working for a future where all children thrive and where the adults closest to our children, namely their parents and care providers, are valued and supported. Learn more about how we plan to persist in our mission.
Navigating Grief Around Hurricane Helene and Hopes for the New Year
Home-based child care provider Danithza Baker shares how navigating the aftermath of Hurricane Helene is shaping her hopes for the new year.
The Gift of Rest and Self-Care This Holiday Season
Home-based child care providers share how they rest and care for themselves during the often busy and demanding holiday season.