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Lakes & Prairies program outlines supports for family, friend and neighbor child caregivers
Summary
A navigator from Lakes & Prairies Community Action Partnership described services for informal child caregivers — including training, equipment kits, help navigating the Child Care Assistance Program and steps to become an eligible nonlicensed provider — during a Moorhead Human Rights Commission meeting.
Migdalia Caballero Medina, a family friend and neighbor (FFN) navigator with Lakes & Prairies Community Action Partnership, told the Moorhead Human Rights Commission that her team offers outreach, training and material supports to informal child caregivers and helps them navigate state child-care payment systems.
Caballero Medina said the program supports caregivers who provide care outside licensed settings — “grandma, friend, a neighbor” — and that staff offer home visits, trainings, mental-health referrals and free materials such as books and first-aid kits. “Anytime you need help with anything, we are here to support you,” she said.
The presentation stressed why the work matters: Caballero Medina noted that early childhood development is concentrated in the first five years of life and that lack of child care depresses workforce participation, quoting a caregiver: “I can work because I found…
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