ABOUT US
Business of Child Care helps rural and small-town communities solve child care challenges that limit families and hold back local economies.
Our Mission
To guide child care businesses and the communities they serve to better outcomes.
The Challenge We Solve
Too often, leaders know child care is a problem but lack the tools and models to act. Resources are scattered, and solutions built for big cities rarely fit small towns.
We help communities cut through this complexity and create real solutions that last.
How We Work
- Strengthen Providers: Stabilize existing programs so families do not lose care.
- Turn Awareness Into Action: Use structured strategies to move quickly from concern to implementation.
- Expand with Right-Sized Models: Deploy solutions like Hosted Spaces and the Child Care House.
- Build Shared Responsibility: Unite providers, employers, schools, and civic leaders around child care as infrastructure.
Our Frameworks
- Constraints: Focus on the biggest barrier.
- Whole Community: Begin with providers, then engage employers and schools.
- Wage Realization: Show the economic value of child care.
- Infrastructure: Treat child care as core to community growth.
- Stages of Readiness: Guide communities from impact to plan to action.
Jeff Andrews
President
With more than two decades’ experience solving business problems, Jeff has developed an innovative approach to boost regional economies through the expansion of child care services. Jeff leads a team that works with community beneficiaries of child care, to help grow and sustain services. This enables greater workforce participation, boosting economic growth.
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Kelly Ramirez
Director of Client Services
With majority of her career in employee and process management, Kelly develops strategies to drive economic growth through child care initiatives. She works closely with our clients to help them achieve their goals and sustain child care solutions that benefit communities and businesses alike.
Tricia Andrews
Director of Development Services
As a founding member of Business of Child Care, Tricia has filled numerous roles in the company, from business development to client communications and marketing. Tricia is also instrumental in developing space solutions for community child care needs.
Our leadership is supported by a broader team that includes:
Community Solutions Directors
Guide local leaders and stakeholders through planning and activation.
Child Care Business Advisors
Work directly with child care providers and operators.
Fractional Contributors
Bring specialized expertise in staffing, finance, facilities, operations, and compliance.
Every member of our team completes training and certification in our frameworks and community-facing approach. This ensures consistent, high-quality support for every community we serve.
What Makes Us Different
We build trust first.
Every project begins with listening and creating shared goals. That trust turns into speed and accountability, because families and businesses cannot wait years for solutions. Communities see visible results, not just reports — new slots, stronger providers, and facilities that open.
We also help connect the pieces.
By aligning local providers, employers, government, and schools, we make sure solutions fit the community’s own ecosystem and last for the long term.
Our Vision
We are leading a new era where child care is recognized as critical infrastructure. Our vision is simple: more families working, more providers thriving, and more communities growing because they have reliable, high-quality child care.
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Our Impact
Since 2021, our team has consulted with more than 200 communities and counties. In addition, our work with child care providers has resulted in the following outcomes:
Creation of more than
Retention of more than
Support of more than
WAGE REALIZATION
What it Means to Communities & Why it Matters:
Workforce Empowerment
Having accessible child care options supports parents, especially women, by enabling them to pursue job opportunities and education. This directly enhances workforce availability and inclusivity, benefiting the entire community.
Economic Growth
With readily available child care, parents who want to work can achieve their true earning potential, the idea of wage realization. Accessible child care increases labor force participation, boosting productivity and economic output.
Community Well-Being
With workforce and growth in place, good child care programs also support child development, promote opportunity equity and foster a more balanced work-life environment for residents. This contributes to more vibrant outcomes for communities.