Our Services
Stage 1: Understanding Impact
Building Awareness and Laying the Groundwork
Addressing child care challenges begins with building awareness and a shared vision for progress. This phase focuses on understanding the economic implications of child care and engaging community leaders to inspire action. Through impactful sessions and speaking engagements, we provide insights into wage realization, economic opportunities, and collaborative strategies. These offerings empower communities to identify key challenges, align stakeholders, and create actionable strategies to strengthen child care systems and drive sustainable growth.
Economic Impact Report Consultation
The Economic Impact Report Consultation is a complimentary 30-minute session designed to provide communities with a high-level overview of their child care landscape, focusing on wage realization impacts and economic opportunities. This session equips stakeholders with preliminary insights and strategies to address child care challenges and unlock potential growth.
Child Care Conversations: Speaking Events
We offer impactful speaking engagements to enhance understanding of child care’s role in community and economic growth. From our Address for Success keynote to focused sessions on topics like business strategies or access challenges, our events provide actionable insights to inspire progress and create lasting impact.
Stage 2: Develop Your Plan
Developing Community Plans for Child Care
Moving from awareness to action requires thoughtful planning and collaboration to address child care challenges effectively. This phase focuses on helping communities identify barriers, set clear goals, and develop customized strategies to support providers and expand capacity. Through interactive discussions, structured roadmaps, and regional collaboration models, we guide communities in aligning their efforts and resources to create impactful solutions. By emphasizing data-driven insights and practical actions, these services equip communities with the tools needed to strengthen local child care and meet the needs of families and providers alike.
Child Care Community Roundtable
The Community Child Care Roundtable is a 90-minute interactive session designed to help communities identify child care challenges, uncover barriers, and develop actionable strategies tailored to their unique needs. With a focus on collaboration and clear next steps, this session empowers stakeholders to make meaningful progress in improving child care access and sustainability.
Child Care Solutions Activation Plan for Communities, Counties, and Regional Areas
The Child Care Solutions Activation Plan is a strategic roadmap helping communities of all sizes—from small towns to regional collaborations—address child care challenges. Using data-driven insights, workshops, and actionable solutions, it empowers stakeholders to support providers, expand capacity, and align goals with practical strategies. For regional approaches, a six-month cohort model fosters collaboration, resource sharing, and solutions to improve access and quality across dispersed areas.
Stage 3: Activating Your Plan
Bringing child care solutions to life requires actionable steps to strengthen providers, create opportunities for new providers, and expand infrastructure to support community needs. Our services guide communities through this phase with targeted programs, personalized consultations, and expert guidance to implement and sustain their plans. For existing providers, we offer support to address operational challenges, enhance sustainability, and achieve long-term success. For new providers, we provide onboarding tools, structured guidance, and resources to foster growth. Infrastructure efforts focus on repurposing spaces and expanding capacity intentionally to meet demand. By addressing these priorities, we help communities move from planning to impactful action, ensuring child care systems that support families, providers, and economic growth.
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Child Care Center Recovery Strategy Program
The Child Care Center Recovery Strategy Program provides vital support for child care centers in crisis. Designed for operators, business owners, boards, and community stakeholders, this model guides efforts to stabilize operations, address challenges, and build a three-year recovery plan. Through personalized sessions, participants refine operations, set clear goals, and create tools to restore stability and ensure long-term success.
Child Care Plan Kickstart Program
The Child Care Plan Kickstart Program helps communities revitalize stalled child care plans by assessing existing strategies, identifying barriers, and providing actionable updates. Over three months, this program refines the plan, aligns stakeholder efforts, and builds momentum for successful activation.
Hosted Spaces for Child Care
The Hosted Spaces for Child Care – Existing Spaces Program helps communities repurpose buildings such as churches, schools, or commercial spaces into high-quality child care facilities. This program includes evaluating up to five potential spaces, developing a tailored business case, and delivering a detailed space evaluation to ensure compliance and operational readiness.
Child Care House
The Child Care House is an 800-square-foot, prefabricated facility designed to address child care shortages in rural and underserved communities. This turnkey solution provides a fully licensed, residential-style environment for up to 12 children, offering a rapid-deployment option to create accessible, high-quality child care spaces.
Community Technical Assistance for Special Projects
The Community Technical Assistance for Special Projects program provides expert support to communities addressing child care challenges, advancing specific initiatives, or navigating general strategy questions. This service offers flexible guidance to help community leaders develop effective solutions, improve operations, and achieve their child care goals.
