We are a national nonprofit organization that trains, supports, and sustains family child care providers. Our mission to transform the nation’s child care system results in a triple win: child care providers succeed as business owners; working parents find stable, high-quality care for their children; and children gain an educational foundation that lays the groundwork for achievement.
All Our Kin serves nearly 1,100 family child care providers, who in turn educate and care for over 6,000 children from chronically under-resourced communities in Connecticut and New York City. In addition to our direct service program, we train and advise partner organizations across the country to strengthen their engagement and practice with family child care providers.
The following values guide and inform All Our Kin staff members’ work in the field.
All Our Kin began as a response to the ramifications of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 on low-income families, especially single mothers of very young children who struggled to find both decent work and affordable high-quality child care in their communities.
Family child care educators operate small, home-based programs that are the primary source of care for our youngest children, many of whom are children of color and children from low-income communities. Family child care provides a high-quality early childhood education in an intimate environment, and is flexible, affordable, and often available during non-traditional hours.
Family child care has the potential to create transformative community change in culturally responsive learning environments, yet educators often cannot access resources, training, and support. All Our Kin’s highly successful, data-driven model propels family child care providers forward as educators and small business owners while providing families and children high-quality educational options.
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