Hi! Kim Kruckel, Child Care Law Center in California

Linda Southward,

Kelly Hart - Smart Start Partnership for Children, Henderson County, NC

Jori Farley ELRC 12

Amy Christianson, Satellite Family Child Care System, Madison WI

Sheri Roth - Quality Coach ELRC 13

Amber Ruch, Quality Coach ELRC 13

Diane Getzinger, Early Learning Resource Center Region 18, Philadelphia, PA

Cameron Joy-Kurtz, Child Care Aware of Washington

Elana Como Director ELRC

Cynthia Galston -- Child Care Aware of America

Mary Sonnenberg, Partnership for Children of Cumberland County, NC

Michelle Finkler, YWCA Metropolitan Chicago

Elaine Rodgers, Children Home & Aid

Luisa Santos, Community Labor United, Boston, Massachusetts

Sally Sharp Lehman, SLC Consulting working with the MA Early Childhood Funder Collaborative

Linda Southward, Children's Foundation of Mississippi

Eva Simonsson, Community Resources for Children in Napa, California

Hi everyone, I’m Kate MacCrimmon from Satellite Family Child Care from Madison, Wisconsin!

Sharon Easterling, Opportunities Exchange

Misty Jewell Technical Assistance Specialist for Childcare Aware of Virginia, Piedmont Region

Hello. Shira Badanes at ERLC 18, Philadelphia

Janice Moenster Children's Home & Aid, IL

Sammy Moon, The Mississippi Alliance of Nonprofits and Philanthropy

Ed Gresco Director CSEA VOICE Local 100A

Monica Cohens - South Carolina CCR&R Family Child Care Quality Coach

Monica Wince - Monica Wince’s Family Child Care Home - Philadelphia, PA

Carol Hartman, National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance

Ashley Simpson Baird, Briya Public Charter School/Mary’s Center

Dan Adamus COO JAM Foundation

Jaime-Jin Lewis // Workers Need Childcare and Wiggle Room // Brooklyn, NY

sherri zhang - california child care resource & referral network

Tamika Terry, Commit Partnership- Dallas

Donna Minster Child Care Aware of NJ

Hello! Greetings from Wisconsin Early Childhood Association

Kasia Cowitch - ELRC Region 14

Claudia Solano, Children's Bureau of Southern California

Rochelle Deane- Community Service for Children- ELRC 14 Quality Coach

Sherilynn Kimble, The Kimble Group- Philadelphia

Lillian Robles, Senior Development Officer, Women's Housing and Economic Development Corporation

Denise Cressman Pennsylvania I am a family child care provider and also the Family Child Care Specialist for Pennsylvania Child Care Providers Association PACCA

Jessica Rawlins, All Our Kin - NYC

Beth Gambone, Community Services for Children, ELRC 14

Melora Balson, Commonwealth Children’s Fund, Massachusetts

Paquita Mansouri Children's Bureau

Chelsea Sprayregen, Promise Venture Studio, based in Chicago

Ruby Daniels President, Maryland State Family Child Care Association

Emily Bustos, Denver's Early Childhood Council

September Jarrett, Heising-Simons Foundation, listening in as a supporter of Home Grown.

Lydia Icke, Commonwealth Children’s Fund, MA

Alma DELGADO early childhood Educator from Chicago

Hamideh kia, Children's Bureau

Aubryn Wojtkielewicz ELRC 12

Mary Beth Testa, family child care policy consultant

Marina Kaneko, Spring Impact, based in San Francisco

Joe Perreault, Professional Family Child Care Alliance of Georgia

Bill Hudson, Family Child Care Associates, VA

Rachel Schumacher, early childhood policy consultant and Raising Child Care Fund - ECFC

Jennifer McGowan, Tribal Child Care Association of California

Will this power point be made available to us?

Kristen Sobolewski, Kent County Shared Services Pilot Project Manager, First Steps Kent

Ali Och, MyVillage

Katharine Correll, LENA, personally based in NC

Rachel Bonsignore, Director of Liftoff Western NY, www.liftoffwny.org

Melinda Weber, Program Director

Shared Services MA

Karen Murrell, Opportunities Exchange

Thank you for your work, Melody.

Melody, thanks for all the work you are doing and encouraging others!!!

Thank you Melody, for your dedication and big heart!!

Melody, you are our "Shero"! Thank you!

Thanks Eliot. As a FCC System administrator with 80 affiliated FCC providers/small business owners outside of Boston, it is refreshing to know that folks like yourself understand the needs and value of these home based programs.

Thank you Melody, for all you are doing to help the children and families of essential workers during this challenging time!

Thanks Melody for all you are dong! Stay safe!

Bevin - would be helpful to learn how your priorities changed in the first week, as you mentioned, as a roadmap for others.

We're seeing a need for flexible re-start funding to assist providers in re-opening

Please talk about how you balance the need for due diligence with the desire to reduce administration/application lift for providers

Echoing @sroth’s question. Will this presentation be available after the call?

We will make the recording of the session available after the call

Do you plan to provide any financial support for intermediaries as part of the grants?

This is so refreshing! Thank you for supporting Family Childcare Professionals!

Link to the FAQ: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RGxf4IQsp3ge9zdrVh0Pewn2AmbKEJglDAOOAs2QLHg/edit?usp=sharing

There is overwhelming need everywhere. We have spoken with partner orgs in our state who also plan to apply for this grant opportunity. Can we each apply? Should we address in our applications how we will reach different needs in communities?

If our target population for the Fund is unlicensed FFN, do we still need to fund licensed providers as well?

So organization from around the nation can apply or is this limited to certain states/areas in the U.S.?

A few questions. 1. Are there limitations on what exactly a provider can use the funds for with regards to keeping their program up and running or do they have the flexibility to choose whether it’s used for supplies, insurance, housing costs, etc? 2. Can the funds be used to support new supply of programs or is it only available to help support and sustain existing programs? Knowing that many ECE workers have been furloughed from centers and opening a new program could be a great new career trajectory that supports both workforce and the community. 3. Would the funds be able to be used for tuition support for families that don’t qualify for subsidy or have a short-term financial support need?

can this fund be used to support family child care providers who close during this pandemic time or it has to be used to support providers who remain open now?

can this fund be used to support family child care providers who close during this pandemic time or it has to be used to support providers who remain open now?

What is the long term thinking on emergency funds? Is it a one time application opportunity? Sorry if I missed that!

thank you for responding to the unlicensed FFN target. we serve both licensed and unlicensed providers, but identified the unlicensed FFN because they are the hardest to reach and do not qualify for unemployment and will not receive chilcare fees from the

Do you have a list of funds that have already been created, like PEFSEE, to see if there are local efforts funders can support directly?

You may submit more questions to info@homegrownchildcare.org

Great call, Thank you!

Thanks so much!

Thank you.

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Thank you, very informative

Will the grants require any technical assistance to providers or to think about forming an ongoing network be providers?

Thank you! Be safe!

Thank you!