Defining Policy Drives Practice: Building the Roadmap for Staffed Family Child Care Networks
This issue brief from Opportunities Exchange (OppEx)explores how to reinvent the early care and education (ECE) sector in a post-pandemic world and what role home-based care can play. OppEx believes that home-based child care is essential and that policy that bolsters provider networks— commonly referred to as Staffed Family Child Care Networks is a foundational strategy to ensure the ongoing supply of quality home-based care.
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Blog February 27, 2026
Head Start and Early Head Start have been proven effective for supporting young children’s development, and their parents, for many years. But did you know that Head Start and Early Head Start can reduce child maltreatment and child welfare system involvement?