The Hechinger Report

Many ‘informal’ child care providers are entitled to pay. Most don’t know it

In many states, family members, friends and neighbors may be eligible publicly-funded financial support for taking care of children, but that option is not well known. Credit: Mitch Diamond/Getty ...
Vail Daily

Letter: Informal child care is often unseen, but vital to our community

FFN? You may not be familiar with the term. But, this is the most commonly used form of child care in the United States. Perhaps you use FFN child care or maybe you are an FFN yourself and didn’t know ...
EdSource

Informal child care arrangements are the most common form of child care, some say

The rise of the gig economy with its unpredictable hours and wages may be a factor driving the growth of “family, friend and neighbor” (FFN) child care, the most common type of non-parental child care ...
Health Affairs

Informal Caregiving By And For Older Adults

Editor's Note: For more on informal caregivers and related issues, see Bridging Troubled Waters: Family Caregivers, Transitions, And Long-Term Care and other articles in the January issue of Health ...
JSTOR Daily

Designing continuing care retirement communities: Toward a partnership of formal and informal care providers

Family and Community Health is a practical quarterly journal which aims to advance the science of health disparities and health equity focusing on families and communities. Publisher Information ...