FREE business training, coaching, and more for new and existing Family Child Care Homes in Durham County. Brought to you by a partnership between Child Care Services Association (CCSA), NDWA NC, and Budget & Tax Center
Thanks to the partnership between NDWA’s We Dream in Black North Carolina Chapter in Durham, the Child Care Services Association, and the Budget & Tax Center, child care workers in Durham will benefit from Durham County American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds. Money will now go towards expanding and improving the child care system, both for providers and for families. This is a testament to our work fighting for more visibility, respect, and most importantly, funding for child care!
If you are an informal child care provider (family, friend and neighbor care – FFN) interested in opening a new fully licensed Family Child Care Home in Durham, North Carolina, you may be eligible to participate in this program! Apply now for the opportunity to receive mentorship, business training, startup support, and connection to a network of other providers! The next cohort starts April 1.
The next cohort starts April 1!
FCCHs and other small centers were some of the only child care programs to remain open during the pandemic, and yet they still struggle due to the thin margins that are vulnerable to fluctuations in the industry. BSCC will build capacity for new high quality child care seats in Durham by providing training and business support to Family, Friend, and Neighbor providers who are interested in opening home-based centers. This will expand the overall supply of high quality childcare in Durham.
NDWA and WeDiB NC is working with the Child Care Services Association (CCSA) to use the funds won through ARPA to build “the Business Side of Child Care” (BSCC) – this will include:
The majority of professional development available for early educators supports instructional strategies. Admin-focused training will build business organization, financial management and improve the marketing capacity of Durham’s child care provider community to increase enrollment in child care programs.
This project will support new high quality child care seats in Durham by extending assistance to informal child care providers (family, friend and neighbor care – FFN) pursuing a child care business through state licensing. This will expand the overall supply of high quality childcare in Durham.
Investing in newer, minority-owned, smaller child care programs and those that serve children on subsidies will help sustain the quality of education for children of color and other vulnerable children and help lift these small business owners into greater self-sufficiency.
Grants will provide supplemental financial resources for participating providers. This is a crucial part of the technical assistance, as we recognize that providers may need to take time off of work to participate fully in educational and coaching activities and attend training sessions.
At NDWA, we constantly work to win the respect, recognition, and wages we deserve. And we’ve won new opportunities through our organizing around the American Rescue Plan Act! Now YOU can put this money to good use for child care providers.
If you are a child care worker in Durham, you can participate in one of these ways:
Building the Business Side of Child Care: This project is being supported, in whole or in part, by federal award number SLFRP3673 awarded to Durham County, North Carolina, by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
We know that child care providers are absolutely invaluable in our society. They do the work that makes all other work possible, and they take care of the people we love the most. Here are the facts:
is the average wage of Durham child care teaching staff*
of the workforce have no health insurance coverage
received public assistance in the past three years
This is a terrible way to treat our most important workers, the vast majority of whom are women, and 85% of whom are people of color.
Ensure that the money that has been won through the American Rescue Plan Act is put to good use for Durham Child Care workers. Apply for the program today!
*$13/hour is the average wage of Durham child care teaching staff, according to the 2019 NC Early Education Workforce Study.