CAREforce Facebook Frames
May 15, 2020CAREforce Facebook Frames Child care is essential—and child care providers are essential workers. Help us drive awareness of the challenges they face, so we can pool our resources, our talents, and our collective drive to support them however we can. S… Read more »
Calling All Community Review Panelists!
May 8, 2020Applications are in for 2021 Core Grants! Community Review Panelists (CRP’s) are needed to help us review grant applications. Interested in being a part of a panel? Please complete a fillable electronic CRP application form, and return to Ann at ann@ia… Read more »
The CAREforce for Our WORKforce
May 7, 2020Child care professionals drive Iowa’s economy by providing essential services for families, allowing working parents to thrive in careers while children receive critical early childhood support. They are not merely babysitters—these highly-trained prof… Read more »
From the Frontlines: Child Care & COVID-19 – Two Sisters, Two Stories
May 6, 2020These stories come from two sisters, Bree Hepker and Molly Stark, who each run an Early Beginnings child care center—one in Atkins and the other in Van Horne.
Women’s Funding Network announces ‘Signal for Help’ program for those trapped at home with abusers
April 29, 2020Hand signal provides those experiencing violence in home isolation a way to discreetly communicate when they need help
LINK Grinnell Fills Child Care Void in Poweshiek County
April 24, 2020A special thank you to our Grant Partner the LINK Grinnell for writing this guest blog and telling us about their work. Community members and business leaders convened for months to address the childcare desert in Grinnell. A collaborati… Read more »
House of Hope Gives Women Support and Self-Sufficiency
April 23, 2020A special thank you to our Grant Partner the House of Hope for writing this guest blog and telling us about their work. House of Hope turns 25 years old this year! Since 1995, House of Hope has helped hundreds of women and families out of homelessness… Read more »
For Essential Workers, Nothing Is More Essential Than Child Care
April 6, 2020This guest column from IWF Executive Director, Dawn Oliver Wiand was originally published in the Gazette Thursday, April 2nd. For the last three weeks, our country has grappled with the question, “In a crisis, what can’t we live without?” We’ve had to… Read more »
Dubuque Child Care Center Serves Low-Income Communities with IWF Grant
April 2, 2020A special thank you to our Grant Partner the Marita Theisen Childcare Center for writing this guest blog and telling us about their work. The overall Steeple Square project has been focused on restoring a historic church campus while revitali… Read more »
Run Like A Mother 5K
March 31, 2020With the best interest of our runners at heart, we have decided to host a virtual race for the 2020 5K event. Run or walk a 5K (3.1 miles) on any route you choose between May 3rd and May 10th and record your time to submit for awards. Prizes will also… Read more »