Primrose School at Hudl opened in July 2023 at Hudl headquarters in the Haymarket District of downtown Lincoln, Nebraska. The early education and care provider is open to the public, and Hudl employees receive priority enrollment and a reduced tuition rate as part of their employee benefits. The partnership between Hudl and Primrose Schools is an innovative example of a business-driven solution to provide greater access to high-quality child care options for Nebraska’s families, and therefore, current and potential employees.

Raising young children is expensive, especially when licensed child care is part of the equation. Whether working parents can afford child care depends on what income remains after paying other, necessary household expenses such as food, gas and utilities.

The Nebraska Child Care Affordability Calculator is a collaborative project between the Committee for Economic Development and First Five Nebraska. This tool helps policymakers better understand the challenges working parents face when trying to balance household expenses against the need for licensed child care.

Our Communities for Kids’ team has a saying, that if you have seen one community, you have seen just that—one community. That’s a pretty good way to get to know our initiative.

Communities for Kids (C4K) is driven by a simple yet powerful vision: to lead 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.

Access to child care assistance is a lifeline for thousands of Nebraska parents like Haley, a widowed mom who works hard to provide for her kids. Listen to Haley's story and learn how you can help lawmakers understand why passing LB304 in the coming legislative session is crucial to our families, communities and state.