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provide top-notch child care from home, especially in rural areas? For family child care educators like Terry Whitworth, Kristy DeGraaf, and Melissa Ruddack, it's about more than just creating a safe, loving environment—it's about overcoming significant financial and logistical challenges to improve their facilities. With 26% of home-based providers struggling to cover housing expenses, the need for funding to support crucial facility upgrades has never been more urgent. But there’s hope: despite the obstacles, these educators have found creative ways to secure grants and funding to enhance their spaces and ensure the safety and well-being of the children they serve. From custom playgrounds to upgraded heating systems, these success stories highlight the transformative power of funding and offer key takeaways for overcoming barriers in the future. Dive into the full report developed by the NAFCC, to learn how we can better support these essential educators and advocate for policy changes that can help ensure every child has access to a high-quality, nurturing environment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e221ab388621f5c0aeb37e5/7e4a50d9-6739-4891-83ab-d7214cbbac8e/nature+3.PNG Making Space Series - Thoughtful Spaces Connecting Children with Nature through Thoughtful Facilities Design LIIF, Build Up CA, and Build Up San Mateo County recently published a report on the critical role of high-quality child care facilities in fostering children's connection with nature. The paper highlights the positive impact of nature on children's mental and physical development, including increased creativity, reduced stress, and improved cognitive and motor skills. Addressing the decline in children's outdoor playtime, particularly in communities of color, the report advocates designing child care environments that integrate natural elements both indoors and outdoors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e221ab388621f5c0aeb37e5/1706555245914-Y06L2L85D86JWPQ1TC5P/image-asset.jpeg Making Space Series - Developing Spaces Clearing the Path for New Child Care Supply: Solutions for Child-Friendly Planning, Housing, and Community Devlopment. NCFN Executive Committee member EPIC, recently published the first installment in our 2024 Making Space series titled: "Clearing the Path for New Child Care Supply: Solutions for Child-Friendly Planning, Housing, and Community Development." This thought piece highlights important opportunities to support the development and sustainability of new early child care and education facilities with policies and programs that recognize the value of child care as community infrastructure. Read the full report on their website. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e221ab388621f5c0aeb37e5/5fd14a63-50d4-40ab-bd05-f2e72371ad25/LISC+making+space.PNG Making Space Series - Making Space Matter The Path to the Child Care and Early Learning Facilities Our Kids Deserve NCFN Co-Chair, Local Initiatives Support Corporation, released this report and toolkit as the eighth installment in NCFN’s Making Space series. The interactive, step-by-step guide includes various resources on facility development and related strategies to help assess existing state and local supports for child care facilities. With the toolkit is also a learning module that gives leaders the information and tools they need to develop a detailed, actionable plans, using the categories of data/information, funding, policy, regulation, partnership and technical supports. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e221ab388621f5c0aeb37e5/1659990047376-HA3LBKPAL4D93NQX5Y7I/LIIF+stock+2.jpeg Making Space Series - Nurturing Spaces The Ecology of Early Childhood Facilities NCFN Member and original co-founder, Carl Sussman, published a paper to connect research on developmental psychology to practical considerations for designing and creating high-quality early care and education facilities This is the seventh piece in NCFN’s Making Space Series. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e221ab388621f5c0aeb37e5/d2fb24d2-e289-494c-bec5-92d2af3c2127/Copy+of+Darnella-daycare-7.jpg Making Space Series https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e221ab388621f5c0aeb37e5/6d942cc3-d838-437c-85ed-07f084d870aa/CEI+header.png Making Space Series - Rayitos de Sol CEI’s Support of a Bilingual Child Care Provider in Milbridge, Maine NCFN Member Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI) produced a video featuring Rayitos de Sol, a child care business in Milbridge, Maine, that recently participated in CEI’s Child Care Business Lab program. This is the fifth piece in NCFN’s Making Space Series. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e221ab388621f5c0aeb37e5/0731ff05-e036-4654-b828-c042f6b89a92/pexels-anastasia-shuraeva-8465501.jpg Making Space Series https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e221ab388621f5c0aeb37e5/18790a7f-9e1f-422a-ae65-ad4eec322142/MDF+video+7.jpg Making Space Series - Child Care Next Door Investing in Homes as Child Care Infrastructure NCFN Member Mission Driven Finance delivers a video featuring three family child care providers and highlighting an innovative real estate investment strategy aimed at providing affordable, child care ready homes to family child care providers. This is the third piece in NCFN’s Making Space Series. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e221ab388621f5c0aeb37e5/1621280023078-LSUYTSANW9TIZDV4BPAB/LIIF+stock+6.jpg Making Space Series - Building Better for Families NCFN co-chair Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF) highlights the benefits of co-locating quality ECE with affordable housing, and details emerging policy strategies to support these efforts. This is the second piece in NCFN’s Making Space Series. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e221ab388621f5c0aeb37e5/1618340037773-50YYC87RH2SHF1GF5BQS/IFF%2B53.jpg Making Space Series - Journey to Becoming Early Childhood Facilities Champions NCFN Executive Committee Member IFF shares a multimedia piece highlighting two Detroit-based child care providers on their journey to become child care facility champions. 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