Resources
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Resources
Report: Understanding the Strengths of Family, Friend, and Neighbor Care
Family, Friend and Neighbor (FFN), Publication, Quality
Home Grown contracted with Mathematica to conduct the Understanding the Strengths of Family, Friend, and Neighbor Child Care project to identify the strengths and limitations of FFN care and the needs of FFN providers.
Opportunities for States to Improve Benefits Access for Home-based Child Care Providers
Finances, Sustainability & Compensation, Provider Resources, Publication
Home Grown encourages state leaders in partnership with home-based child care providers, partners and networks to prioritize access to benefits for HBCC providers. This resource highlights opportunities to improve access to critical benefits for providers.
Home-Based Child Care Fact Sheet 2023
Family Child Care (FCC), Family, Friend and Neighbor (FFN), Publication
View our Fact Sheet for an introduction to who qualifies as a home-based child care provider in the US, the challenges providers face, and our vision for ensuring providers receive the resources they need.
2022 Taxes Workbook
Family Child Care (FCC), Finances, Sustainability & Compensation, Provider Resources, Publication
This tax workbook was created and updated to provide timely guidance on how to navigate tax preparation. It is designed to simplify the process of completing the 2022 taxes and alleviating some of the stress by providing step-by-step guidance.
Blogs and Articles
Investments in Child Care and the Federal Food Program Are Essential Ingredients in Home-Based Child Care’s Kitchen Economy
In October child care providers will hit the hard reality of rising food costs and lower reimbursements. The new CACFP bill includes key provisions that advocates have long requested, and could be the difference between kids being hungry and healthy.
Events
–September 18, 2023
National Family, Friend and Neighbor Appreciation Week
An annual week to celebrate Family, Friend and Neighbor (FFN) caregivers from September 10-14. The goal of this week is to celebrate and lift up the essential work of the millions of FFN child care providers in our country.
August 10, 2023
Webinar: Advancing Equity in Pre-K Systems with Family Child Care Providers and Families
Join us on on August 10th for a webinar focused on work to better understand how we can build a mixed-delivery pre-K system that serves diverse families by including family child care.
June 13, 2023
Advancing Family, Friend and Neighbor Child Care Research
Join us on June 13th to hear about these studies and new findings that shed light on who FFN caregivers are, why parents select and use this care, and how systems can better meet the needs of children, families and caregivers in the care setting.
September 20, 2022
Thriving Providers Project Launch
Join us for this webinar to learn more about the Thriving Providers Project, an initiative providing direct cash payments to FFN and newly licensed FCC providers.