Building Stronger Child Care Business Ecosystems
The ECE Business Collaboratory brings cross-sector teams together to map their child care business ecosystem, identify gaps, and develop coordinated strategies that strengthen business sustainability.
“Since we started the [Collaboratory] process we’ve been able to advocate for funding, be part of planning at a variety of levels from the business level or community and state systems and bring together partnerships with economic development, finance institutions with our child care businesses.”
— -Caitlin Jenson, Executive Director, Zero to Five Montana
Alaska
The Alaska Collaboratory Team is making efforts to adapt the Parents Achieving Self-Sufficiency (PASS) subsidy program, including potential adjustments to reimbursement rates, parent co-pays, and more.
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Colorado
Colorado’s Collaboratory Team is assessing and improving facilities to increase child care access statewide. Click the link and check out Colorado’s facilities work!
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Indiana
The Indiana Collaboratory Team will lead the development of child care business competencies to build providers' knowledge. Click the link and check out Indiana’s training work!
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Minnesota
Learn more about Minnesota’s one-stop network for providing start-up information from multiple state and local agencies. Click here and check out what the Minnesota Collaboratory team has been up to!
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Montana
The Indiana Collaboratory Team will lead the development of child care business competencies to build providers' knowledge. Click the link and check out Indiana’s training work!
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New York
The New York Collaboratory team now offers 56 hours of child care business consulting per week, marking significant progress in the field. Learn more about this exciting work!
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South Carolina
South Carolina's Collaboratory Team is developing a framework to help employers partner with child care providers to offer care for their employees' children. Click here to learn more.
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Texas
Texas’ Collaboratory team is expanding its business coaching and support services statewide. Learn more about their expansion efforts.
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