What We Learned About the Thriving Providers Project in Philadelphia
A strong early care and education (ECE) system is foundational to both family stability and economic growth. Yet, the sector is under significant strain: many child care providers are facing financial insecurity and emotional hardship, making it difficult to sustain their work. In direct response to these nationwide experiences, Home Grown launched the Thriving Providers […]
Thriving Providers Project: Theory of Impact
The Thriving Providers Project is an initiative organized by Home Grown to provide on-going direct cash transfers to Family, Friend and Neighbor (FFN) caregivers and newly licensed Family Child Care (FCC) providers across the U.S. The initiative aims to improve the economic stability of providers and the well-being of the families and children they care […]
[REPORT] Don’t Leave Us Out Again: A Call to Invest in Family Child Care in NYC
Don’t Leave Us Out Again: A Call to Invest in Family Child Care in NYC highlights the urgent need for New York City to prioritize and fully fund family child care (FCC) as an essential part of the city’s early childhood system. This report describes how FCC educators—who serve infants, toddlers, and families with nontraditional […]
New Findings: Direct Cash Transfers Strengthen Philadelphia Home-Based Child Care
Early results from Philadelphia’s Thriving Providers Project show that regular, unconditional cash support is helping home-based child care providers better manage income fluctuations, reduce material hardship, and feel more confident about staying in the field. The program’s ease, reliability, and positive impact point to its promise as a model for supporting essential caregivers.
Thriving Providers Project in New York City | Midpoint Report
The Thriving Providers Project’s mid-point evaluation in NYC shows that direct cash transfers are helping home-based child care providers reduce financial stress, pay down debt, and stay in the field. Providers report more stable incomes, fewer hardships, and stronger connections to supportive networks—ultimately benefitting the children and families they serve.
Leveraging State and Federal Benefits and Programs to Fill the Gaps
Public benefit access and use is a critical issue for the early childhood workforce. The new report from Stanford’s Center on Early Childhood & Home Grown shares insights on what we’ve learned so far about evaluation participants’ experiences accessing benefits.
Lo que hemos aprendido sobre las transferencias directas de efectivo en Colorado (Informe)
Child care providers are integral to family well-being and the health of the economy, yet the child care sector is in crisis. A major contributor to this crisis is the lack of economic stability for providers. National data from the Stanford Center on Early Childhood’s RAPID Survey Project show that many providers have difficulty meeting […]
Principales enseñanzas de la primera implementación completa del TPP: anuncio del informe de 18 meses del TPP en Colorado
By: Lamisa Mustafa, MPP and Callie Silver, PhD, Stanford Center on Early Childhood Two years ago, Home Grown launched the Thriving Providers Project (TPP) to uplift home-based child care (HBCC) providers and engender policy shifts around stable, increased compensation for this essential, yet underpaid workforce. We are thrilled that the first pilot of this direct […]
Thriving Providers Project Final 18-Month Evaluation Report
The Thriving Providers Project (TPP) 18-month Evaluation Report produced in collaboration with Stanford Center on Early Childhood (SCEC), Impact Charitable and Home Grown, provides information on the background and origin of TPP, the initiative’s Theory of Impact, methodology including research design and participant details, quantitative and qualitative findings organized by the Theory of Impact for […]
REPORT: Celebrating One Year of Thriving Providers Project Learnings in Colorado
The Stanford Center on Early Childhood (SCEC), the home of RAPID, partnered with Home Grown to evaluate and continuously learn about Thriving Providers Project and the experiences of home-based child care participants. The SCEC used a longitudinal, mixed-methods, rapid-cycle approach to evaluate TPP, gathering data from TPP participants, parents/caregivers, and community-based organization staff and comparing […]
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