Home Grown

No one can speak to home-based child care providers’ issues better than they can. That’s why Home Grown amplifies their voices and gives them the primary seat at the table! Join us in amplifying provider voices. Read, listen, and share providers stories today. https://lnkd.in/e-aJNMaF

🧠 DID YOU KNOW? In March 2022, 91% of families surveyed struggled to find affordable, quality child care (@RapidSurvey, 2022). Home-based care is often the best or only option available for families in rural areas and for families needing care during nontraditional hours, like evenings, nights, and weekends. This care is often the most familiar, flexible, convenient, personal, and affordable option for families. #childcare Check out our home-based child care fact sheet to learn more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dGWtxVMw

#ICYMI Home Grown has launched the Home-Based Child Care Emergency Fund for Severe Weather & National Disaster Response to get cash aid to diverse home-based child care providers who are impacted by severe weather disasters such as Hurricane Helene. As of November 5th, over 120 home-based providers in North Carolina have received either $800 or $1,500 in cash aid from the Fund. We anticipate serving an additional 100 providers and offering a second round of funding to providers most hard hit. Read more: https://lnkd.in/euF6PqgC

💻 WEBINAR: Investing in Home-Based Childcare Entrepreneurs to Stabilize Their Businesses, Expand Childcare, and Build Wealth Through Homeownership Join Asset Funders Network and Home Grown for a webinar on tomorrow, November 14 at 12 p.m. ET to learn about innovative work happening to address asset building for home-based childcare entrepreneurs. We’ll explore: 🌱 the main barriers these entrepreneurs are facing, 🌱 ways groups are attempting to remove those barriers, 🌱 policy opportunities to create systemic change and, 🌱 ways philanthropy can be supportive. Register: https://lnkd.in/eAcX_UER

💻 WEBINAR: Investing in Home-Based Childcare Entrepreneurs to Stabilize Their Businesses, Expand Childcare, and Build Wealth Through Homeownership Join Asset Funders Network and Home Grown for a webinar on Thursday, November 14 at 12 p.m. ET to learn about innovative work happening to address asset building for home-based childcare entrepreneurs. We’ll explore: 🌱 the main barriers these entrepreneurs are facing, 🌱 ways groups are attempting to remove those barriers, 🌱 policy opportunities to create systemic change and, 🌱 ways philanthropy can be supportive. Register: https://lnkd.in/eAcX_UER

Make your voice heard. #childcare #vote2024

𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧'𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞-𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 & 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞 Emergency funding is deeply ingrained in the work of Home Grown with pandemic emergency response being our first significant program after our launch 5 years ago. After seeing the devastating impacts of Hurricane Helene in Western North Carolina, Home Grown developed the Home-Based Child Care Emergency Fund for Severe Weather & National Disaster Response to get cash aid to diverse home-based child care providers who are impacted by similar events. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/euF6PqgC

#NewRead Disaster on Top of a Disaster: Can Western North Carolina’s Child Care Infrastructure Recover After Helene? @dailyyonder After Hurricane Helene, many home-based child care providers have to navigate the loss of their home and their business, simultaneously. "On top of worrying about her own financial disaster, she is anxious about what will happen to children and families if child care programs shut down. 'My entire adult life has been about educating children and loving them every day,' says Sinclair. 'But people cannot go back to work without child care, so kids are going to be in unsafe situations. They’ll leave their kids home with a sibling, like a 9-year-old taking care of a baby because the parents have no choice. That’s an impossible situation for kids, and an impossible situation for families.'" Read more: https://lnkd.in/e__HeM-f

Family child care professionals provide home-based child care, often serving underserved and minority communities, while also facing significant challenges. Nearly 63% of FCC providers hold a college degree or have completed some college, yet they earn low wages, averaging $29,377 per year. Our new Family Child Care Workforce Fact Sheet shares data around the lack of living wages for many in the FCC workforce. despite having advanced credentials. Download ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eTVMGWuH

#NewRead Home-based daycare is a crucial childcare solution. So why are cities shutting providers down? via Fast Company "In Missoula, Minnesota, childcare provider BriAnne Moline approached more than 120 property management companies with a thick binder explaining the benefits of home daycares to neighborhoods before she found a landlord willing to rent to her, but only above market price." Read more: https://lnkd.in/dkP96tYu