NAFCC 2025 Impact Report

Erica Phillips

Thank you for your collective partnership and engagement. Together, we made meaningful, lasting impact in the field of Family Child Care—and we are deeply grateful for your dedication, collaboration, and belief in this work. As we look ahead, we are enthused to share our 2025 highlights and impact achievements made possible by your tremendous support. This year’s milestones reflect a powerful movement driven by committed advocates, partners, and champions who uplift Family Child Care Educators every day.

Reached and supported over 50,000 FCC educators and champions nationwide, strengthening the backbone of home-based child care across all 50 states and Washington, DC through membership, accreditation, professional development, and advocacy engagement
Invested directly in educator sustainability and leadership, welcoming 1,629 new members, launching the first national EmpowerHer Child Care Business Accelerator with $10,000 grants per participant, expanding tax coaching & launching new benefits for healthcare & retirement.
Mobilized a powerful, educator-led advocacy movement, engaging FCC educators in 15 bipartisan legislative meetings across 12 states and DC, generating 700+ letters to policymakers, and amplifying lived experience through national campaigns, policy webinars, and storytelling initiative
Drove measurable growth in FCC quality and access, including a 175% increase in children served by NAFCC-accredited educators and nearly tripling enrollment in accredited family child care programs in just one year
Expanded FCC influence through strategic partnerships, including convening a historic Global Home-Based Child Care Learning Convening.

These moments and milestones are a testament to what we can accomplish when we work together. Your engagement fuels our shared mission and helps ensure that Family Child Care Educators are valued, supported, and empowered.

As we continue to build this movement together, we look forward to deepening our collaboration and creating even greater impact in the year ahead. Looking ahead, our focus remains clear and ambitious. As we move into 2026 and beyond, NAFCC will continue to advance policies, partnerships, and investments that strengthen the Family Child Care profession, expand access to high-quality care for families, and ensure educators are recognized, supported, and compensated as essential leaders in our early learning systems. Together, we will continue to build a resilient, equitable, and educator-centered future for Family Child Care—one shaped by collaboration, innovation, and shared accountability.

Erica Phillips
Executive Director
National Association for Family Child Care

Our Presence

NAFCC maintains a strong presence across all 50 states and Washington, D.C., serving as a unified national voice for family child care educators. Explore NAFCC’s community of FCC leaders here.

Our Impact

In 2024, NAFCC strengthened its presence on the national stage, advocating for family child care as a cornerstone of our early education system. Through our extensive network, we amplified the voices of family child care educators and ensured that their invaluable contributions were front and center in policy discussions across the country.

58,527

# of FCC champions & educators supported

4%

Growth in accredited FCC educators

25

Live PD sessions supporting FCC educator growth

1,629

New members welcomed

40+

Reports, media mentions, blogs & opEds published

20

FCC-led affiliates

175%

Increase in children served by NAFCC-accredited educators

Prior Reports

Read the 2024 Impact Report
Read the 2023 Impact Report