Corning Community Impact Continues to Invest in Family Home Child Car
Families First is grateful to receive an $8,000 grant from Corning Community Impact. This support will help strengthen Family Home Child Care providers in Cabarrus County and North Mecklenburg, including both licensed and licensed-exempt home-based child care providers.
This investment comes at an important time for children, families, and providers.
More families are turning to Family Home Child Care because it offers flexible, relationship-based care in trusted settings. These small businesses and home-based care environments provide care close to home, support working parents, and create nurturing places where children can thrive.
At the same time, providers are facing new state requirements, growing demands, and increasing pressure to remain open while continuing to meet the needs of families. Many are working hard to improve quality, meet updated standards, and sustain the programs their communities depend on.
Because of Corning’s support, Families First can continue walking alongside providers through coaching, technical assistance, training, and resources that help them navigate these changes with confidence.
Just as important, Corning Community Impact has continued to show up in person.
For the past three years, Corning volunteers have joined Families First in visiting licensed and licensed-exempt child care homes, helping deliver encouragement, resources, appreciation, and connection directly to providers.
These visits are more than deliveries.
They are a reminder to providers that their work is seen, their role is valued, and their impact matters.
Over the years, many providers have shared that they feel more visible and appreciated because partners
are showing up at their doors, recognizing the care, education, and stability they provide every day.
That kind of presence matters.
It helps providers feel connected to a larger community of support while reinforcing the importance of Family Home Child Care as an essential part of the early childhood system.
When Family Home Child Care providers succeed, children gain access to stable, high-quality care. Parents also have the support they need to work with confidence. As a result, our whole community becomes stronger.
We are thankful for Corning Community Impact’s continued partnership, investment, and volunteerism. Together, we are helping protect child care access, meet the right needs at the right time, and make a bigger statement about the importance of home-based child care providers in our community and beyond.
