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Advocacy is Action 2025

Advocacy is Action is NAFCC’s annual campaign mobilizing family child care educators, allies, and advocates to drive real policy change during the Congressional recess. Beginning August 11, 2025, educators across the country will rise in unified action to protect and strengthen the future of family child care. This year’s campaign comes at a turning point.…

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Perspectives on Supports for Family Child Care in Harris County

In 2024, the National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC) received a grant from the Powell Foundation to explore opportunities to serve home-based family child care (FCC) educators in Harris County. They partnered with Channel Change to understand the landscape of supports, its strengths, existing gaps, common supports sought, and how NAFCC might support educators.

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The Silent Threat to Family Child Care

The Problem: Family Child Care Is Being Quietly Pushed Out
 Family child care (FCC) is diminishing at an alarming rate. Nearly 100,000 licensed FCC programs have closed since 2012, representing a 35% national decline (National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance, 2022). Despite being the most common licensed form of care in rural counties—where FCC…

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Statement on the Growing Child Care Crisis in Wisconsin

The National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC) recognizes the growing crisis in child care and the deep frustrations that have led many educators in Wisconsin to take bold action. We acknowledge that early educators across the country are under extreme pressure due to unsustainable funding models, low wages, and lack of investment. Many Wisconsin…