New National Initiative “Nourishing Care” Launches to Bridge Food and Child Care Justice 

A young child sits at a green table, drinking from a bottle, with a plate of food in front of them.

Today, Home Grown, in coalition with National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI), National Indian Child Care Association (NICCA) and Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition (CSPC), announced the launch of Nourishing Care: Food Justice in Home-Based Child Care, a new national initiative designed to ensure that Black, Indigenous, Latine, rural, and immigrant children, families, and care providers are well-fed, healthy, and thriving.

Over the past several months, the Home Grown team has worked with provider leaders and our advisory communities to develop a set of principles for what a universal child care system should look like when it fully includes home-based child care. The result is our first draft of a shared vision: Universal Child Care, Built From Home.
Home Grown has established and will lead the Nourishing Care Community of Practice (CoP) for state policy advocates who work across care, food, and economic stability issue areas
En julio de 2026, el Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos publicó las actualizaciones anuales obligatorias de las tasas de reembolso para el CACFP.