Our Programs
First Children’s Finance partners with leaders, communities, and organizations to strengthen the systems that support child care. Through collaborative programs and strategic initiatives, we help build sustainable solutions that address local challenges, support providers, and create stronger child care systems for families and communities.
ECE Business Collaboratory
The ECE Business Collaboratory builds the capacity of cross-sector leaders to think systemically about child care and break down silos around early learning and care. It highlights how sectors like workforce, finance, and economic development shape child care supply and sustainability, helping leaders align systems to better support child care businesses.
First Children First Nations Child Care Collaborative
Delivered in partnership with All Nations Rise, the First Children First Nations Child Care Collaborative is a two-year planning and implementation process that helps Tribes identify child care challenges and develop local solutions. The work is grounded in sovereignty, community partnership, and culturally and linguistically relevant approaches to building strong, sustainable Tribal child care systems.
Additional System Resources
Tribal Nations & Communities
Child care systems in Tribal communities are shaped by unique histories, governance, and community priorities. FCF supports sovereignty-centered, community-driven child care solutions.
Areas of Expertise
Based on decades of experience supporting child care businesses and partnering with system leaders, First Children’s Finance developed the Child Care Business Ecosystem Framework. We bring this unique expertise to our engagements with system clients.
Our System Services
First Children’s Finance helps identify solutions to strengthen child care supply and sustainability, informed by the operational and financial realities of child care businesses.
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