Consultation to Communities
Dedicated to Communities
First Children’s Finance has customized consultation services designed to increase child care supply in all types of communities: rural, population centers, and large metropolitan areas. With our expertise we can study, create and partner with communities to find major opportunities for growth in child care. Let us help you think creatively about your community’s expertise and assets.
Child Care Partnership Grant (CCPG) Program
The Washington State Department of Commerce is offering one-year grants to help local communities assess child care needs and develop actionable plans to increase child care availability state wide.
The grant can help communities prepare to apply for future funds to address child care and early learning construction projects.
Child Care Partnership Grant (CCPG) Program
Contact National Consulting
Director of Consulting, Kari Stattelman
Direct: 612-279-6521
karis@firstchildrensfinance.org
*First Children’s Finance is not representing or partnering with the State of Washington in this grant program.
Wisconsin Dream Up Grant Communities
We Bring Expertise In
Child Care Business Growth & Sustainability
Comprehensive Child Care Supply Analysis
Community Led Solutions & Support
Child Care Training and Support
Storm Lake, Iowa, leaders knew the growing city lacked enough child care. The city had been identified as being in a “child care desert,” meaning there were more than three children under the age of five in the community for every available child care slot.
Duncan and Dutfield discussed services that FCF offered and how a Child Care Market Analysis combined with community feedback/input sessions might help the community. In 2023 the city received a Rural Child Care Market Study grant through the State of Iowa’s Economic Development Authority.
Success Story:
Little Lakers Child Care Center
Consultation Services
- Child Care Supply Analysis
- Strategic Supply Plan for Communities
- Recommendation of Sustainable Child Care Business Models
- Guidance for Public-Private Partnerships to Build and Maintain Supply
- Technical Expertise on Local Policy and Financial Incentives
- Child Care Market Analysis with Strategic Plan
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