Family child care providers value licensing systems because of how these systems provide accountability and incentivize quality care. In this blog, FCC providers share why they value and respect licensing systems and how that respect can be reciprocated through better representation of providers in those systems.
This Toolkit is intended to help you implement the Network Benchmarks and Indicators. It includes resources developed and used by networks across the U.S.
Home Grown convened a group of FCC providers to gain a deeper understanding of state licensing for family child care and develop recommendations for these systems. This report represents their work.
Explore this collection of resources on the network benchmarks and indicators, including the framework, national survey results, and focus group findings
This annual tax workbook was created and updated to provide home-based child care providers with timely guidance on how to navigate tax preparation.
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.
This report examines the policies and provision of state-funded pre-K in FCCs in these 24 states and in four large cities and follows with a discussion of the potential opportunities and challenges derived from an analysis of current state policies.
The past year, 2020, was like no other we’ve experienced in our life time. We have endured a global pandemic that not only impacted or threatened our health, but also our livelihoods. Home-based child care providers have felt the impact of the pandemic harder than most industries.
This fall, many grade schools across the country will be offering partial or entirely online learning thus creating a need for child care for working parents whose children are learning remotely. Remote schooling for school-age children will create new demand for child care and various challenges for providers and families.
The federal Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Grants funding opportunity encouraged the participation of family child care providers. Home Grown partnered with the Ounce of Prevention and Early Education Achievement Consultants to provide application support, including this library of resources.
