First Children’s Finance Newsletters
First Children’s Finance
March 2025 Newsletter
Welcome to our new e-newsletter, your source for the latest updates and insights from our organization focused on early education and the business of child care nationwide. As a leading nonprofit organization that provides loans and business development assistance to child care businesses, we’re thrilled to share this new platform with you, our valued community of entrepreneurs, supporters, and families.
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December 2024 National Newsletter
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April 2025 Newsletter
FCF has invested in a cybersecurity training program for our staff. The training videos feel like procedural police dramas – I am not sure how much I have retained, but they are entertaining. And it has been eye-opening all the many ways that bad actors can seem like someone you trust – either by mimicking a person you already know or by pretending to be someone you can trust.
Click here to read Vermont’s April 2025 Newsletter
First Children’s Finance Iowa
December 2024 Newsletter
During one-on-one meetings with child care providers, First Children’s Finance team members often receive questions about the new Iowa Child Care Connect system. To provide clarity, we reached out to Tami Foley, Program Manager at the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), to learn more about the system and what child care providers need to know.
Click here to read Iowa December 2024 Newsletter
