Join a local Network of home-based family child care business owners where your voice and leadership will influence policy, economic, and regulatory environments impacting your small business and the children and families you care for.
A family child care network is an interconnected group of Home-Based Child Care Business Owners that gathers to enhance supports for home-based child care, including quality, access to services, and sustainability.
Are you a Home-Based Child Care Business Owner interested in joining a Family Child Care Network in your region? Reach out to the FCCN Hub in your area to learn more and get connected!
Arbor Circle
Crystal Lisabeth – clisabeth@arborcircle.org
Counties: Lake, Mason, Muskegon, Oceana, Ottawa
Bethany Christian Services of Michigan
Kim Sturgeon – ksturgeon@bethany.org
Counties: Calhoun, Kalamazoo, Kent
*Bethany Christian Services specifically supports language-diverse (non-English, non-Spanish) home-based child care businesses in the above counties.
Child Care Network
Carey Wilson – cwilson@childcarenetwork.org
Counties: Genesee, Lenawee, Livingston, Monroe, Washtenaw
Community Coordinated Child Care Association of the Upper Peninsula (4C of the U.P.)
Deb Dupras – debdupras@4cofup.org
Counties: Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon, Schoolcraft
Crawford, Oscoda, Ogemaw, and Roscommon Intermediate School District (C.O.O.R. ISD)
Helen Shastal – shastalh@coorisd.net
Counties: Alcona, Alpena, Cheboygan, Crawford, Iosco, Montmorency, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Otsego, Presque Isle, Roscommon
First Steps Kent
Kristen Sobolewski – ksobolewski@firststepskent.org
Counties: Kent
Great Start to Quality – Kent ISD
Jaime Mueller – jaimemueller@kentisd.org
Counties: Kent
MiSide Early Years
Chamayne Green – Chamayne.Green@MiSide.org
Counties: Wayne, Oakland, Macomb
Northwest Michigan Works!
Janie McNabb – janie.mcnabb@networksnorthwest.org
Counties: Antrim, Benzie, Charlevoix, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau, Manistee, Missaukee, and Wexford
Saginaw Intermediate School District
Julie Bash – bashj@sisd.cc
Counties: Arenac, Bay, Genesee (Licensed Home-Based Providers), Huron, Lapeer, Saginaw, Sanilac, St. Clair, Tuscola
Southwest Child Care Resource & Referral
Aubrie Burns – aburns@ccr4kids.org
Counties: Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Calhoun, Cass, Kalamazoo, St. Joseph, Van Buren
United Way of Midland County
Beth Sorenson Prince – beth@unitedwaymidland.org
Counties: Clare, Clinton, Eaton, Gladwin, Gratiot, Ingham, Isabella, Midland, Shiawassee
Vibrant Futures
Barbara Berens – barbarab@vibrantfuturesmi.org
Counties: Barry, Ionia, Kent, Mecosta, Montcalm
For more information on the FCCN initiative, please reach out to technicalassistance@ecic4kids.org.