Calling all Iowa child care businesses! First Children’s Finance has opened registration for the Business & Financial Fundamentals© program. The Business and Financial Fundamentals series is open to child care center directors and family child care home entrepreneurs, and is available in a variety of locations across Iowa over the next year. Business & … Continued
First Children’s Finance and Wisconsin Department of Children and Families Establish Partnership to Build Child Care Supply First Children’s Finance, a national leader in child care business development and financing, along with the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families have announced a partnership to launch the Project Growth: Dream Up! grant program. This initiative … Continued
First Children’s Finance is seeking applications for its Rural Child Care Innovation Program (RCCIP) in Michigan. 6 rural Michigan communities will be selected to participate in a community engagement process designed to address rural child care shortages. Applications will be accepted from October 1, 2021 – October 29, 2021. Child care is an economic driver … Continued
First Children’s Finance – Minnesota Team is pleased to announce the selection of communities into the Rural Child Care Innovation Program. The Rural Child Care Innovation Program (RCCIP) is a community engagement process designed to address the challenges of child care in Greater Minnesota. First Children’s Finance has chosen three new communities to participate in … Continued
First Children’s Finance is proud to announce the addition of two new states to the ECE Business Collaboratory: Louisiana and Washington, D.C.! The global pandemic has heightened the need for states to have visionary plans to address the business side of child care. There’s never been a better time to learn best practices, assess existing … Continued
First Children’s Finance announced today that seven new Business Development Specialists have been added to its growing Minnesota team. All seven new team members will join First Children’s Finance during August 2021. “I am thrilled that our team will have the capacity to work with even more child care entrepreneurs across the state. There has … Continued
First Children’s Finance announced today that Ericka Warmack, CPA, SSGB, has been named as the Director of National Lending. As the Director of National Lending, Ericka will increase access to financing for child care entrepreneurs. In her new role, Ericka will lead the FCF Loan Fund team and its strategies to ensure child care businesses have … Continued
The First Children’s Finance National Team was invited to present a session for the 2021 Nebraska ELEVATE conference which will be available for viewing for registered ELEVATE participants on June 5, 2021. FCF’s session, titled Show Me the Money, highlights the forms of financial resources (also known as “financial capital”) available to child care businesses … Continued
First Children’s Finance is excited to announce the promotion of several staff members to new roles within the organization. FCF is pleased to announce Tiffany Grant has been promoted to the position of Business Development Manager for the Metro region on the Minnesota Team. Tiffany is currently a Business Development Specialist and has been with … Continued
Under a partnership agreement announced today, First Children’s Finance will operate as the first statewide satellite center in the Minnesota Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) Network – providing specialized business and financial assistance to child care businesses across Minnesota at no cost to the businesses. Minnesota SBDC is part of the Minnesota Department of Employment … Continued
In January 2021, First Children’s Finance, in collaboration with the DHHS Administration for Children and Families, and the Office of Child Care, presented a national webinar to designed to assist child care centers complete an application for Payroll Protection Loans and Economic Injury Disaster Loans. As of today, more than 5,500 people have watched our … Continued
First Children’s Finance is pleased to recognize seven Scott County child care and preschool centers that completed the Growth Fund Program in 2020. The Growth Fund Program offers business development services to a learning cohort of child care programs seeking to increase their capacity, quality and or financial sustainability. With the help of First Children’s … Continued