Mission
First Children’s Finance helps children thrive and learn by forging relationships that bring economic power and viability to the business of child care.
To fulfill our mission, FCF collaborates with public and private organizations to:
- Invest in child care and early education facilities and operations;
- Help child care and early education providers successfully manage their businesses (home-, center-, school-based programs and pre-schools);
- Assist statewide child care and early education leaders to strengthen business development resources for early care and education professionals in their state; and,
- Promote public-private partnerships to support the business infrastructure of the child care system.
Vision
First Children’s Finance is a national organization that builds the business infrastructure of child care and early education through strategic investments at multiple levels: local/individual business; state; and national. Because of FCF:
- Lending, technical assistance and equity investment resources are improving the quality, sustainability and accessibility of the early care and education provided by individual businesses that serve lower income children in 10 to 12 states.
- Child care and early education business development programs and services address the management needs of child care businesses in 15 to 18 states.
- Public and private partnerships are advocating for, and making investments in, the business infrastructure of the child care systems in 15 to 18 states and nationally.
- State and national policies and programs more clearly recognize that business practices that create effective management and leadership are integral to the quality of child care.
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