As part of the American Rescue Plan Act, the Iowa Department of Human Services received $200 million to provide Child Care Stabilization Grants for qualified licensed centers and registered home providers to help sustain their businesses. Iowa/Jefferson/Keokuk Early Childhood Iowa (IJK ECI) Board of Directors was concerned many registered home child care providers in the … Continued
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
As a result of the American Rescue Plan, Iowa received $200 million to provide Child Care Stabilization Grants to current licensed child care centers and registered child development home providers. These grants are to support qualified child care providers with operational costs, such as personnel, rent/mortgage, and equipment. As of January 10, 2022, Iowa Department … 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