Home Grown’s Statement on Early Childhood in the President’s FY 2024 Budget

By: Venette Pierre

March 22, 2023

Home Grown applauds the Biden-Harris Administration for proposing an historic investment in child care and early education that will assist families in accessing quality care for their young children while parents are at school or work.

We look forward to learning more about the details of this proposal.

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Venette Pierre

Venette Pierre is the Communications Manager Home Grown. Her background includes marketing, public relations and community development. She is passionate about advocating for access to quality supports for underserved communities and storytelling through digital communications.

Announcing the Enriching Public Pre-K Through Inclusion of Family Child Care (EPIC FCC) initiative

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July 12, 2024

The EPIC FCC initiative seeks to support state, city, county and tribal government leaders in expanding the participation of family child care (FCC) educators in their pre-K systems or engaging FCC educators in these pre-K systems for the first time. Home Grown is committed to ensuring that home-based child care providers can fully participate in well-resourced early childhood initiatives, including pre-K. Learn more and apply.

Annual CACFP Reimbursement Rate Adjustment Does Not Close the Cost Gap: Home-based Child Care Programs Need More Than Pennies

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Making Progress Through a Complex Issue: Imagining a New Family Child Care Licensing Approach

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This family child care recommendation report provides in-depth insight into the challenges providers face in current family child care state licensing systems and recommended solutions to help design system reform using FCC provider perspectives and expertise.