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NAFCC “On the Move” (May & June 2025 Highlights)

Dezire’e Mattocks, Director of Professional Development at the National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC) represented NAFCC at the National Convening on Children’s Racial Learning, held in Chicago during the month of May. The event brought together educators, researchers, and advocates to explore how young children learn about race and how adults can guide that…

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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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