In many states, family, friend and neighbor caregivers are exempt from licensing regulations and operate outside of publicly funded payment systems. The recommendations presented here emerged from focus groups conducted to learn how networks are responsive to the strengths and needs of the FFN sector.
This report includes findings from a national survey of networks about how HBCC networks address the benchmarks and indicators for high-quality.
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.
Home Grown is grateful to the Biden-Harris administration for proposing changes in response to both the needs of families to access affordable, quality child care and to the needs of child care providers to earn a family-sustaining wage for their critically necessary work offering high-quality child care. Our recommendations aim to ensure that all home-based
Home Grown is deeply disappointed in the Supreme Court decision to strike down the Biden Administration’s student loan forgiveness plan which sought to forgive up to $20,000 in student loans. The proposed forgiveness plan would have resulted in major economic relief for hard working home-based child care providers.
The COVID-19 pandemic illuminated the need for child care as infrastructure. As families juggled work, job loss, and distance learning, all while taking care of children, we’ve seen something grow in America: the reliance on, respect for, and recognition of home-based child care (HBCC). Yet HBCC remains woefully under-resourced. Now as federal relief dollars begin
Read Home Grown’s recommendations for supporting and strengthening FFN care, providing critical support for children, families and caregivers.
