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
Pam Weaver – Pam.Weaver@MiSide.org
County: Wayne
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
Important Note: Due to changes in previously funded FCCN Hubs, ECIC’s Child Care Innovation Fund will be pursuing grantmaking efforts to fund two new FCCN Hubs to ensure statewide coverage of this initiative. The awarded FCCN Hubs will service the following counties:
- 1 Hub serving 2 networks will be funded for Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties.
- 1 Hub serving 1 network will be funded for the northwest region including Antrim, Benzie, Charlevoix, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau, Manistee, Missaukee, and Wexford counties.
For more information on when these FCCN Hubs become available, please sign up for ECIC’s Monthly Bulletin Newsletter here. If you have any questions about this process, reach out to technicalassistance@ecic4kids.org.