Welcome to the Finance Fund Blog!Finance Fund is proud to join an esteemed, knowledgeable panel of experts on the Early Childhood Advisory Council’s Early Childhood Financing Workgroup. The workgroup, commissioned by Gov. Strickland, will develop recommendations that explore the implementation of a single financing system for early care and education programs. This will provide a new and consistent way to [...]
It was bound to happen. Today I walked into a discussion of diapers. Being old school I place diapers in four general categories; cloth/disposable and empty/full but come to find out there are all kinds of sub groups of the first categorization and all kinds of options for the second. It appears “diaper” technology has [...]
As Ohio families get ready to send their children back to school, I can’t help but reflect on how our society treats its youngest members. What long-term impact will our education and childcare systems have on future generations? A study from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development found that children in the United States [...]
I begin today with two days at the Novogradic New Markets Tax Credit Conference talking about current hot button issues in the industry.
The most prevalent is the recently release GAO report “Minority Entities Are Less Successful in Obtaining Awards Than Non-Minority Entities” that attempts to identify reasons for the lack of success. I have some [...]
Sometimes I am content that memories fade with time. Remembrances of childhood or growing up years are always made bettered by lack of memory. I do not, however, feel that activities and discussions concerning state and national child care facilities needs that have taken place over the years have made things better.
In 2002 I wrote [...]