Nurture
Financial Security and Economic Mobility for Child Care Entrepreneurs
MISSION
Equitably design, build, and scale solutions that create financial security for child care entrepreneurs and meet the demand for care in child care deserts
LEVERS OF CHANGE
EQUITY | Design with and for child care entrepreneurs in child care deserts
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BOTH/AND | Strengthen business administration as well as caregiving and early education skills
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SCALE | Engage community partners in market research & cultural responsiveness; use technology to extend reach
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WIN-WINS | Identify solutions that address problems for families, caregivers & communities
Increase Income
By focusing on the poorest children, optimizing child-age ratios, and applying sound business administration principles, home-based child care business owners can earn $50K to more than $100K depending on location and business size
Improve Job Quality
By facilitating access to health insurance and retirement savings opportunities through public systems or lower-cost private sector investment managers, job quality and health and wealth outcomes improve for business owners and their assistants
Decrease Expenses
By making automated business administration affordable, leveraging bulk purchasing and facilitating food reimbursements and access to free or low-cost tax assistance, child care entrepreneurs can reduce out-of-pocket expenses, thereby increasing incomes
Build Wealth
By packaging access to capital for start-up and expansion, credit building, shared equity homeownership, and contributions to retirement savings, home-based child care business owners build wealth
