Michigan Cohort Helps Family Provider: “Now I’m a Business Owner!”
When Isela Hernandez started a Business Leadership Cohort provided by First Children’s Finance and Michigan Women Forward, she was happy with her life and where she was.
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Vermont Ski Resorts Step Up for Families and the Local Workforce
Vermont’s ski resorts keep the state’s rural economy moving. They generate more than $1.6 billion in annual tourism revenue and support roughly 13,000 jobs. Behind every open lift and lodge is a workforce that relies on something ski towns increasingly lack: child care.
MI Child Care Entrepreneur Overcomes Challenges and Succeeds!
Giving up easily is not in Jesenia Amoros-Hernandez’ nature. When confronted with a roadblock, she always has faith that there is a solution.
Minneapolis Child Care Center Owner Wants to Make a Difference
Said Nur understands the challenges that families new to the United States can face. Many of the challenges are the same ones that he faced nearly 30 years ago.
System FCF Assists State of Oregon in Addressing Child Care Ecosystem Gaps
To address the need for cross-sector coordination, the Oregon Department of Early Learning and Care brought in First Children’s Finance (FCF to launch a virtual statewide ECE Business Collaborative, which brought together a diverse group of technical assistance providers, policymakers, and system leaders from across the state.
Community Collaboration in the Village of La Farge (WI) Brings Vision to Life
In the Village of La Farge – a community of 30,000 in southwestern Wisconsin – families struggled to access child care while working and going to school. This became a crisis when the only child care center in town closed its doors shortly after the COVID pandemic. Parents were forced to commute long distances or adjust work schedules due to the worsening child care shortage.
How Funders/Investors Help FCF Close the Child Care Funding Gap
First Children’s Finance (FCF) knows that access to affordable, high-quality child care is essential for working families and ultimately strengthens and stabilizes our communities and the economy.
FCF Iowa Team Helps Child Care Center Move Past Pandemic Challenges
Coming out of the COVID pandemic in 2021, the Aquin Little Angels Early Childhood Center and Preschool in Cascade, Iowa, faced challenging times.
FCF National Systems Team Partners to Study Effects of American Rescue Plan Act
Throughout 2024, members of the National Systems team partnered with the National Children’s Facilities Network to tell the story of how the American Rescue Plan Act impacted child care facilities.
Sauk Prairie (WI) Area Building $5.2M Child Care Center
Tywana German, Executive Director of the Sauk Prairie (WI) Area Chamber of Commerce, is straight-forward about the impact the Sauk Prairie Early Learning Center will have on the communities she supports.
