Meeting Communities Where They Are: How Local Child Care Initiatives are Boosting Economic Development

Across the country, communities are realizing something many families have known for years: child care isn’t just a family concern, it’s economic development infrastructure. At Business of Child Care, that realization has shaped everything we do. It’s taken us on a four-year journey alongside civic leaders, employers, providers, and parents in rural communities who are […]

Business of Child Care Partners with Moultrie County, Ill. to Address Growing Child Care Needs

Approximately 60% of rural families are living in a child care desert in this country. What does that mean? The Center for American Progress defines a child care desert as any census tract where more than 50 children under the age of 5 have no access to child care providers, or where there are three […]