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Celebrating Tom Copeland

  Our good friend and frequent presenter, Tom Copeland, who is an author, trainer and advocate for the business of family child care, is retiring after decades of incredible service to family child care programs nationwide. Early Childhood Investigations, Think Small Institute/Redleaf Press and the National Association for Family Child Care would like to celebrate…

NAFCC: Driven By Family Child Care Leadership

(pictured above: this year’s fall State Rep candidates) The second NAFCC State Representative election is underway with NAFCC members in the following 14 States voting for their leaders: Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, New York, Ohio, Texas, Utah, and Virginia. The powerhouse lineup of candidates offers a variety of…

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Child Nutrition Action in Congress: Bipartisan CACFP Legislation Introduced in the House

On November 9, U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) and Herrera Beutler (R-WA) introduced the Early Childhood Nutrition Improvement Act.  This bipartisan legislation calls for strengthening and expanding access to the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). NAFCC is pleased to endorse this legislation along with 800 other organizations. This bill includes some of the…

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El Congreso, la Agenda para una Mejor Reconstrucción y el cuidado infantil en el hogar: ¿Qué está sucediendo?

Fue necesaria una pandemia para que ayudara realmente a bastantes miembros del Congreso a entender que la manera en que el cuidado infantil funciona actualmente en los Estados Unidos no funciona para nadie. La Asociación Nacional de Cuidado Infantil Familiar (NAFCC, por sus siglas en inglés) escuchamos a los miembros decir que nuestras prioridades de…