Home Grown’s Statement on the Final Rule: Improving Child Care Access, Affordability, and Stability in the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)

By: Home Grown

March 13, 2024

Home Grown appreciates the work of the Biden-Harris administration to revise the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) in support of greater access to high-quality child care for children and families participating in CCDF. Read our full statement.

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Home Grown is a national collaborative of funders committed to improving the quality of and access to home-based child care with a mission to increase access to and the quality of home-based child care.

Rules Revisions for CACFP Offer Opportunities to Improve Program Accountability and Equity

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April 24, 2024

The serious deficiency process is a tool used to help regulate CACFP but often subjects home-based child care providers unfairly to swift and harsh penalties.

Child Care Insurance Is Expensive, Hard to Find, and Complex: One More Burden for Home-Based Providers

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April 17, 2024

Home-based child care providers have to carry additional insurance for their businesses, but obtaining the coverage is not as straightforward — or affordable — as it could be.

Implementing Benchmarks for High- Quality HBCC Networks: Findings from a National Survey of HBCC Networks

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April 10, 2024

This report includes findings from a national survey of networks about how HBCC networks address the benchmarks and indicators for high-quality.