Snack Pack Delivery to Child Care Providers

Think Small Quality Coaches delivered snack packs from Health Fair 11 to child…

Child Care Provider Sanitizer & Bleach Give Away

Hundreds of gallons of bleach and hand sanitizer were distributed to child care…

From the Front Lines of Child Care: Annie’s Story

Annie Dunham shares her experiences as a Center Supervisor during the COVID-19…

From the Front Lines of Child Care: Erin’s Story

Parent Erin Echternach shares her experiences during the initial months of the…

From the Front Lines of Child Care: Lori’s Story

Family child care provider Lori Williams stayed open during the pandemic to…

From the Front Lines of Child Care: Wendy’s Story

Wendy Dewall has lost thousands of dollars due to the pandemic, but is keeping…

From the Front Lines of Child Care: Britney’s Story

Family child care provider Britney Linn explains how the COVID-19 pandemic is…

From the Front Lines of Child Care: Jean’s Story

Family child care provider Jean Mathison hopes child care is seen as essential…

From the Front Lines of Child Care: Jamie’s Story

Family child care provider Jamie Brown describes how the COVID-19 pandemic has…

From the Front Lines of Child Care: Josalyn’s Story

Family child care provider Josalyn Williams is working hard to keep the…

From the Front Lines of Child Care: Irene’s Story

Longtime family child care provider Irene Moore talks about the difficulty of…

From the Front Lines of Child Care: Robyn’s Story

Family child care provider Robyn Rice is struggling to stay afloat during the…

From the Front Lines of Child Care: Hopkins Early Learning Center

The Executive Director of an early care and education program talks about the…

From the Front Lines of Child Care: Tammy’s Story

Tammy Neumann loves her job, but she’s worried the pandemic will make it tough…

From the Front Lines of Child Care: Elisa’s Story

Family child care provider Elisa Vega is worried about what the future holds…

From the Front Lines of Child Care: Rdella’s Story

“I think people are seeing how important we are, and the Governor sees that…

From the Front Lines of Child Care: Shirley’s Story

Family child care provider Shirly Toby is staying open to care for the children…

A Middle-Class Mom Looking for Help

Viktoria Bjerke wants her children to have the best early childhood experience…

Keeping My Kids in High-Quality Care

Kathy, a parent from Moorhead, describes how an early learning scholarship…

Here We Grow

Rather than set unit topics and lengths, Here We Grow has provocations based on…

Little Wonders

Observing nature on the lake is one of the perks of the location - they’ve seen…

The Teddy Bear House

“My drive home is kind of my time to reflect on what happened today and I’ll…

People Serving People

"There’s never really an end of the school year for us, and we can have new…

Mary Loves ParentPowered Texts

"I want to tell everybody I know about ParentPowered Texts."

Big Red House

Greta makes sure to give children many opportunities to practice the skills…

Natalie’s Child Care

Natalie Marose believes that “the children will get to all the things they need…

Emma’s Story

Emma could only speak Spanish, and her mom, Liss Idrovo, worried that she would…

Early Learning Scholarships Make a Difference

Nichole Flowers is a mother of six children living in North Minneapolis. Her…

Oliver’s Story

St. Paul mother Stephanie Henderson knows her son Oliver has benefited from…

Aaron’s Story

Katherine had Aaron when she was just 15 years old. It wasn’t easy for the…