ECIC Child Care Innovation Fund 2024 Impact Report
Child care is - in fact - a systemic issue that transcends economic, political, and geographic divides. And it's beyond time that we started architecting solutions that honored that reality.
Child Care Innovation Fund
We are proud to have created the Child Care Innovation Fund in 2021–a first-of-its-kind effort to reimagine the child care system through common-sense, cross-sector solutions. Since 2021, the Fund has made...
Regional Child Care Planning:
Cross Sector Solutions to Accelerate
Economic Growth + Meet Family Needs
Family Child Care Networks:
A Powerful Strategy to Realize Sustainable Home-Based Child Care Business and Enhance Access to Comprehensive Services for the Children and Families They Serve
Early Care and Education Registered Apprenticeships + Wages Pilot:
Working to Make Child Care Jobs Good Jobs
Get Connected with Innovation Fund Grantees
Interested in connecting with innovations happening in your region? Explore this interactive map and database inclusive of the grantees and associated projects active in FY24. This interactive map is not inclusive of all projects that have been funded by ECIC's Child Care Innovation Fund. A complete list of investments since the Fund's founding can be accessed on our website.
Now it’s time to build on the momentum
LEARN WITH US.
BUILD ALONGSIDE US.
To contact ECIC's Child Care Innovation Fund Team, please reach out via email at technicalassistance@ecic4kids.org.
This Impact Report was supported by funding provided from the Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement and Potential (MiLEAP) utilizing American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding, from the Office of Child Care, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.