NEWS:

Emergency child care volunteers bring relief to WNC families by Dee Pridgen April 24, 2025 https://828newsnow.com/news/228822-emergency-child-care-volunteers-bring-relief-to-wnc-families/
National Emergency Child Care Network was featured in Forbes in March 2025 for our Emergency Child Care Volunteer Program. https://www.forbes.com/sites/christinero/2025/03/22/childcare-volunteers-can-be-a-lifeline-after-disasters-but-its-not-enough

North Carolina Impact:

613

Hours of active deployments helping families with free emergency child care in North Carolina.

Trained and Vetted Emergency Child Care Volunteers ready for active deployments. We are averaging 2-3 deployments per week in North Carolina.

Families and 83 children provided with free emergency child care in North Carolina.

Days of free child care to families in North Carolina.

Los Angeles Impact:

300

Los Angeles Volunteer Registrations to become Emergency Child Care Volunteers since Friday, January 9.

171

Hours and 19 days of free child care to families in Los Angeles.

Trained and vetted Emergency Child Care Volunteers ready for active deployment in Los Angeles to help families impacted by the fires.

# of deployments to help families in Los Angeles.

WHY THIS MATTERS

One of our families in Los Angeles shares why child care is so important after a disaster. Please watch this 2-min video.

Story of 2-year-old Sophia

12 trauma-informed volunteers helped 2-year-old Sophia and her parents with 104 hours of free child care.

We are helping families in Los Angeles who were impacted by the LA Fires.

We provded 7 full-days of free child care for 2-year-old Sophia and her working parents in Pasadena.

Little Sophia’s child care burned down in Altadena. The mom is overwhelmed, stressed and struggling right now and can’t find affordable child care anywhere. They are displaced and living temporarily in a hotel in Eagle Rock since their home in Pasadena was under evacuation and the drinking water is contaminated. She was absolutely desperate for help. 12 trained and vetted child care volunteers provided emergency child care support so little Sophia is safe and cared for from 7:00AM to 4:00PM, bringing incredible relief to the parents.

We are providing long-term recovery support for families who experienced Hurricane Helene in North Carolina.

All support is free to families in need.

Our incredible child care volunteers have provided 511 hours of free emergency child care to 44 families with 73 children. We have deployed 36 emergency child care volunteers on 14 deployments.

Jamie, a retired school teacher, has provided 25 days of free child care to 8 families since October 16.

We have nearly 300 volunteers registered, of which 65 have completed the full training and vetting process to become trauma-informed emergency child care volunteers. In one deployment, we are providing emergency child care for the teacher’s kiddos at (4) Asheville elementary schools so the teachers can get back into the classroom and the students can go back to school. For another deployment, we have helped a single mom of 4 young children with three days of free child care. We are making the impossible possible!

NEWS:

WHY THIS MATTERS

Story of 2-year-old Sophia

Two-year-old Sophia with her Emergency Child Care Volunteer, Grace.

We are helping families in Los Angeles who were impacted by the LA Fires.

We are providing long-term recovery support for families who experienced Hurricane Helene in North Carolina.

National Emergency Child Care Network