How My Latinx Heritage Informs the Work I Do
Home Grown Community Outreach Manager Jennifer Newball is a product of FFN care and that’s part of what drives her passion for advocating for home-based child care providers.
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Thriving Providers Project In the Spotlight
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.
New Federal PDG B-5 Funding: An Opportunity to Expand Programs and Systems Support for Home-Based Child Care
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.
A Look at the Healthy Meals, Healthy Kids Act
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.
No Decisions Made About You Without You: Nevada’s Strategy for Supporting Family, Friend and Neighbor Child Care
Crystal Jackson, a member of Home Grown’s Building Comprehensive Networks initiative, advocates in Nevada for the voices of home-based child care providers.
Home Grown’s Response to the White House Student Loan Forgiveness Announcement
Learn more about the White House Student Loan Forgiveness plan’s potential to impact early childhood workers.
Public Service Loan Forgiveness for Home-Based Child Care Providers
Nearly 20% of home-based child care providers carry student loan debt, but they were excluded from the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
Public Student Loan Forgiveness for Home-based Child Care Providers
More than 12 million children under the age of 13 in the United States are in the care of a home-based child care provider. These providers are often referred to as community anchors because of the extended hours they work to support the families who trust them to care for their children. Many home-based child
How Wendy Advocates as an FFN Caregiver
Wendy Maldonado, FFN provider and advocate, shares why she remains an FFN provider despite the systemic barriers she faces.
Home Grown Celebrates the Introduction of the Healthy Meals, Healthy Kids Act
Read Home Grown’s statement on the Healthy Meals, Healthy Kids Act and the proposed investments in the Child and Adult Care Food Program.