How to Start a Family Child Care Business
Right now, many families with young children are in need of accessible, high-quality child care. Starting a professional home-based child care business requires more work and planning than just opening your heart and home to children and families, but those are absolutely necessary qualities to have! However, there are many things you should be prepared […]
Report Reveals Need for Access to Capital for Nebraska Child Care Businesses
Beginning in late Spring of 2020, Nebraska Early Childhood Collaborative (NECC), partnered with First Children’s Finance (FCF) to report on the access to capital for child care businesses in Nebraska. Child care businesses often struggle to support themselves financially through traditional funding sources. This became exceptionally apparent during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. While […]
4 Insurance Tips for Child Care Providers
Is your business covered? Insurance for child care providers is an important, but often overlooked step to legitimizing and protecting your business. If you’ve had trouble finding insurance coverage for your child care activities, you are not alone. Lately, many insurance companies have decided to discontinue offering coverage for child care businesses because of the […]
NECC receives $25,000 grant from No Kid Hungry to decrease food insecurity in young children
May 5, Omaha, Nebraska: No Kid Hungry, a campaign from the national nonprofit Share Our Strength, will invest $3 million in grants to organizations focused on early childhood to help decrease food insecurity among children under the age of six. The No Kid Hungry grants will serve more than 120 early child care centers, healthcare […]
From NYC to Nebraska: Lessons Learned from a Pilot Project with All Our Kin
In the summer of 2019, the Nebraska Early Childhood Collaborative (NECC) and All Our Kin (AOK) embarked on an innovative partnership to support the success of family child care (FCC) educators in four communities in Nebraska. NECC drew on AOK’s 20 years of experience with family child care in Connecticut and New York City to […]