“Home-based child care is really under-appreciated, it’s under-investigated and it is severely under-resourced as a part of the early childhood sector,” Renew said. “We want to bring that same ...

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When Janet Torres set out to open her small child care business last year, she needed to move out of her studio apartment first. She knew she wouldn’t be able to afford buying a home where she lives ...

The Child Care Providers United, or CCPU, which represents 40,000 home child-care providers in California, negotiated its first contract with the state in 2021. That contract expires at the end of ...

Zoila Carolina Toma, who runs a family child-care program out of her home in Lakewood, would normally have 14 children. But that number is down to six, and the phones have fallen silent.

Child Care Aware of America, the third-party administrator, on July 6 will start contacting parents who have requested in-home care through MilitaryChildCare.com with offers to participate in the ...

Audette, of the Office of Early Childhood, said a home child-care business can easily falter in the face of an illness, a financial crisis, or other family emergency.

Stobbart's last chance was to try a home child-care provider. That was also unsuccessful. Stobbart says some caregivers would start the process, meet his son, and then wouldn't take on the role.

It is free for a provider to start their in-home daycare with the FCC program, Fontenot said. The training is free, and a lending closet is available to providers until they have their own equipment.