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Lower Sioux Indian Community (LISC) Community Solution Action Plan
The Lower Sioux Indian Community partnered with the First Children First Nations Child Care Collaborative to create a culturally grounded plan to tackle a shortage of affordable, high-quality child care. Guided by an Indigenous Core Team, the plan focuses on expanding facilities, supporting new providers, and strengthening programs that honor Dakota culture and language while meeting local families’ needs.
Download NowTribal Ties: Weaving Stronger Child Care Systems – Lessons from the Collaboratory
This brief shares key insights from our ECE Business Collaboratory of Tribal Nations project. This initiative was designed to support Tribal leaders to develop strategies for sustainable, culturally relevant child care solutions.
Download NowInnovation in Tribal Child Care: Supporting Tribal Administrators in Their ARPA Administration
This report summarizes learnings from a survey and series of convenings conducted with Tribal CCDF administrators to share knowledge and advance innovation throughout the planning for and administration of American Rescue Plan Act funding.
Download NowInnovation in Tribal Child Care: Tribal CCDF Administrators’ Uses of ARPA Funding
This is a snapshot of how tribal Child Care Development Fund administrators (tribal CCDF administrators) whose communities share the same geography as the Upper Midwest of the United States reported that American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds were used by their tribes to support child care in their communities.
Download NowInnovation in Tribal Child Care: Tribal CCDF Administrators’ Roles & Work During ARPA Implementation
This document provides learnings about the roles and work of tribal child care development fund administrators (tribal CCDF administrators) whose communities share the same geography as the Upper Midwest of the United States.
Download NowFond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Community Solution Action Plan
The First Children First Nations Child Care Collaborative process is a community engagement process designed to develop right-size and culturally-specific solutions to address the needs of early care and education in Native nations which share the same geography as the United States. The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa completed their Community Solution Action Plan in late 2022 and are now in implementation.
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