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	Supporting the Business of Child Care

Welcome! I’m Lisa Sams, Iowa Director for First Children’s Finance. We are so pleased to bring First Children’s Finance programs to Iowa in partnership with the Iowa Department of Human Services, Iowa Community Empowerment, and R. J. McElroy Trust.

First Children’s Finance is an expert in the business of child care, and our internationally recognized programs help to grow and sustain successful child care centers in several states, including Iowa. Since our Iowa office opened in October of 2008, we have launched our Growth Fund program to support child care centers committed to quality. Our Loan Fund program finances child care centers and home-based family providers that need capital to open, expand and improve facilities.

Please email me at lisa@firstchildrensfinance.org with any ideas or suggestions about how First Children’s Finance can serve you in Iowa!

FIRST CHILDREN'S FINANCE IOWA UPDATES

****Check out our next webinar for child care providers.****

Nonprofit Governance: Leadership in a Changing Environment
3/20/2010 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM
We will share some definitions, assumptions, principles and practices of nonprofit governance to help answer your questions and expand your notions of governance and how it relates to your work.

To register for our March 20, 2010 webinar on nonprofit governance, click here and enter 4214.

Thank you to everyone who participated in our January 30th Iowa webinar.

To access the handouts, PowerPoint presentation, and certificate information, click here.

An Iowa Growth Fund Success Story
Elkader Community Childcare & Learning Center (ECCLC) believes that First Children's Finance could be just the opportunity that could boost the center to the next level of quality. Read more...

LATEST IOWA NEWS FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD FOCUS

NICC Childcare Facility is Open to All, But in Real Danger of Closing
EXCERPT FROM: The Decorah Newspapers
By Lissa Greiner
Whether or not the Northeast Iowa Community College Child Development Center stays open is not just an NICC issue, it's a community issue.

Childcare Center Takes After its Students: It Just Keeps Growing
EXCERPT FROM: Muscatine Journal
BY Amy Cahill
MUSCATINE, Iowa - Nearly 13 years ago, unable to find suitable day care for her children, Shawna Martin began watching three children in her home.

National Commission Studying Iowa's Disaster Response for Children

EXCERPT FROM: KCRG-TV9
By Justin Foss
CEDAR RAPIDS - The lessons learned in Iowa's floods could soon help the entire country better handle disasters - specifically when it comes to your children.


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DID YOU KNOW?

The child care industry in Iowa

Creates 17,290 jobs in Iowa
Generates $402.5 million annually in direct economic activity
Generates $668.8 million annually with multiplier effects
Serves over 159,000 children