Community Leadership
Grin & Grow Child Care - Child Care Success Story
The working poor, or those hovering at or just above the poverty line, are often those most impacted by the current child care crisis. It affects their ability to get ahead or to just get...
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Community Leadership
It Takes a Village - Child Care Success Story
When you’re discussing a premier senior living retirement community, you don’t typically think of high-quality child care, but in 2019, Waterloo-based Friendship Village made the two synonymous. “It’s interesting because it’s the opposite end of...
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Community Leadership
Child Care Workers Stay Strong on Front Lines
By Black Hawk County Child Care Coalition Chairs: Kaye Englin, President and CEO, Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa; Mary Janssen, Children and Family Services Director, Child Care Resource and Referral of Northeast Iowa; Dan Levi, Levi...
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Grantmaking in Action
St. Timothy Lutheran Church Takes on Community’s Child Care Crisis
St. Timothy Lutheran Church in Hudson has been serving its community by offering ecumenical preschool services for 25 years. With numbers on the decline, the congregation reached out to the community for answers and overwhelmingly,...
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Grantmaking in Action
Partnering for Child Care Solutions
Exceptional Persons, Inc. has impacted lives for over 60 years. The organization is an important community partner in serving people with disabilities. However, EPI’s children and family service department is growing, primarily working with child...
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