Partnering with Communities to Prioritize Child Care
Communities for Kids (C4K) is leading national efforts to ensure that communities, primarily rural areas, can grow and prosper by strengthening and sustaining a quality early childhood care and education infrastructure.
We partner with communities to prioritize the expansion and enhancement of quality early childhood care and education by identifying and addressing each community’s unique strengths and needs.
$2.1 Million
in locally leveraged dollars raised by C4K partners in 25-26
100
communities partnering with C4K as of 2026
3,194
child care spots added by C4K partners since 2017
Nearly
400
early childhood supporters attended the 2026 Thriving Children, Families, and Communities Conference
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