Three newly released research briefs, Parent and Provider Voices on Home-Based Child Care in North Carolina, present parents’ and providers' insights into the strengths, needs, and ideas for improvement around home-based child care and explore the barriers and challenges family child care providers experience opening and operating their business in North Carolina:
Parent and provider perspectives come from focus groups of diverse parents and child care providers from across the state, including both rural and urban/suburban counties. Focus groups were conducted in 2023 by the Center for Child and Family Policy, in partnership with the Hunt Institute, as part of the Preschool Development Grant: Child Care Deserts and Family Care Providers project. Development of these briefs was supported by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation.
Note: While these publications include or reference data provided by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to the James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy Foundation, Inc., or information that was derived from or generated by the Department’s data, the findings and conclusions in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the view of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.