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Decatur County (IA) Partners with FCF to Address Child Care Shortage

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Sitting along the southern edge of Iowa, Decatur County and its 7,500 residents faced a struggle common to many rural areas: lack of accessible child care.  “The child care landscape in rural areas is a struggle,” says Shannon Erb, chief operating officer of Decatur County Hospital. “Not only was there a lack of available child care, but it’s expensive to provide, and parents often are not in jobs that can pay for high-cost child care.”  Community leaders knew that something needed to … Continued

Business & Financial Fundamentals© for 2022 Fall Schedule Now Available

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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

FCF and Iowa Jefferson Keokuk ECI Help Registered Home Providers

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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

Iowa Growth Fund Graduates

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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

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