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Beans Plus, Inc. Relocates in North Mankato, MN with Loan from FCF
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In February 2008, Bernadette Wilson, owner of Beans Plus, Inc., received financing from First Children's Finance to relocate her child care center in North Mankato, MN. Although Beans Plus had leased space from South Central College for a number of years, the college recently informed Ms. Wilson that it needed the space occupied by the center for offices. Read more...

Carol Mathey’s Center develops plan for growth.
Carol Mathey’s Center for Children and Families, Inc., serving low and moderate income families in the Twin Cities East Metro area, was at a crossroads when it applied to participate in FCF’s Growth Fund in 2006. In business for 37 years, the organization had recently acquired the church building in which it had operated for decades. Read more...

FCF helps a family child care provider make the transition to open a center.
After three years of providing child care successfully in their home as a licensed family child care provider, Angie and Marvin Smoot, operators of Truks-n-Trykes in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, turned to First Children's Finance for help in making the transition to open a licensed child care center. Read more...

Atrebla Early Learning Center expands infant care for families with non-traditional hours.
In March 2007, FCF made a loan to Atrebla Early Learning Center in Minneapolis, a licensed child care program serving children from six weeks up to 12 years, to help it expand its facility and serve more children between the ages of six weeks and fifteen months, the developmental period when quality child care can have its greatest impact and yet is most difficult for parents to find. Read more...