2023 Taxes Workbook
This annual tax workbook was created and updated to provide home-based child care providers with timely guidance on how to navigate tax preparation.
Resource categories: Family, Friend and Neighbor (FFN)
Looking Ahead to 2024: Finding Hope and Taking Action in an Uncertain Year
At Home Grown, we are looking at the year ahead of us and are hopeful for the future of home-based child care and the work we are doing to improve the sector. Learn more about what we’re hopeful for from 2023 and what we’ll be working toward in 2024.
Home Grown Endorses the Child Care Nutrition Enhancement Act Introduced in the United States Senate by Senator Bob Casey (PA)
Home Grown is proud to endorse the Child Care Nutrition Enhancement Act in both the U.S. House and now the U.S. Senate. We look forward to working with Members of Congress to help accomplish our shared goal of keeping our kids fed.
We’re Grateful for Our Child Care Heroes!
This Thanksgiving, Home Grown is sharing gratitude for the home-based child care providers who keep America working.
Recipe for a Stronger Child Care System
We are excited to share a very special recipe, the Recipe for a Stronger Child Care System. This recipe card was designed as a tool to urge your policymakers to cosponsor the Child Care Nutrition Enhancement Act and the Early Childhood Nutrition Improvement Act, important legislation that will help keep kids fed.
Cómo encontré mi vocación en el cuidado infantil y la capacitación de padres hispanos en el estado de Minnesota
Mi nombre es Faviola Martínez de Estrada, nacida en Veracruz, México. Cuando era joven no me gustaban los niños y creía que nunca iba a tener hijos. Hoy tengo 6 hijos, un nieto, y soy subdirectora y cofundadora de la Red Latina de Educación Temprana MN, que funciona en Richfield, Minnesota. Esta es la historia
How I Found My Calling in Child Care and Training Hispanic Parents in the State of Minnesota
Faviola Martínez de Estrada is the co-founder of La Red Latina de Educación Temprana. In this blog she shares her experience as a family, friend and neighbor caregiver and Latinx immigrant.
Cuidando a los niños y empoderando a las comunidades: las abuelas hacen del mundo un lugar mejor
Deborah Young, abuela de Boulder, Colorado, lleva décadas cuidando niños y empoderando comunidades. Su enfoque comunitario se centra en la conexión, la confianza y la sabiduría colectiva para nutrir tanto a los niños como a las comunidades. Lea más sobre la vida y la obra de Deborah aquí.
Los abuelos mantienen la fortaleza como proveedores de cuidado infantil, pero están rompiendo
Jessica Stone estaba embarazada de su segundo hijo cuando su matrimonio se desintegró. De repente, Jessica se vio en una crisis de cuidado infantil: su matrimonio había terminado, necesitaba volver a trabajar y no podía permitirse (ni encontrar) cuidado para dos niños pequeños. Angustiada y desesperada, Jessica recurrió a quienes no podían negarse: sus propios padres.
Grandparents Are Holding the Fort as Child Care Providers, But They’re Breaking
Jessica Stone was pregnant with her second child when her marriage disintegrated. Jessica suddenly found herself in a child care crisis: her marriage had ended, she needed to go back to work, and she couldn’t afford (or find) childcare for two young children. Distraught and desperate, Jessica turned to the people who couldn’t say no: her own mom and dad.