Phillips describes mixed delivery system and family child care role
Phillips explains that NYC's mixed delivery system builds on existing community-based and family child care capacity. About 60% of 2K seats are in home-based settings through family child care networks.
New York City's mixed delivery system is central to how we are approaching the expansion of 2K.
It allows us to build on the capacity and expertise that already exists across community-based organizations and family child care programs while offering families meaningful choices in how and where their children receive care.
Family child care is a significant part of our 2K strategy, with approximately 60% of 2K seats offered in home-based settings through our family child care networks.
For two-year-olds in particular, family child care can offer continuity, close and consistent relationships with caregivers, mixed-age experience, and care that is responsive to the needs of both children and families.
I have spent much of my career working with family child care educators.
New York City and nationally.
And I know both the value they bring to an early childhood system and what it takes to support them well.
Our family child care networks play an important role in that work, connecting providers with instructional support, coaching, family services, and operational assistance while preserving the strengths of home-based care.
As we plan for the continued growth of 2K, we want to build on the strengths of our mixed delivery system and ensure that family child care and our community-based organizations remain a meaningful part of that growth.
That means continuing to engage with providers and with family child care networks as partners while ensuring that the additional supporting efforts we engage in reflect the realities of delivering high-quality care in home-based settings.