Investment in Food, Nutrition in Child Care and Head Start Lapses, 56 National Organizations Urge Congress to Act Now

Home Grown is among 56 national organizations urging Congress to extend the Keep Kids Fed Act (KKFA) meal reimbursement increases for an additional year to help child care providers and schools feed children over the summer and during the upcoming school year. We urge Congress to act now.

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.

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A Love letter and a Wake-Up Call’: Documentary Films About Child Care Warm Hearts and Spark Action

Home Grown takes a look at how documentaries are changing the narrative about child care work and inspiring policy and regulatory reform. This blog takes a look at two new documentaries Make a Circle and At Home/In Home: Rural Alaska Child Care in Crisis.
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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. Read this blog to learn more.