Rural Child Care Innovation Program

About Us

Funded by the MN Department of Children, Youth, and Families and Northwest Minnesota Foundation, the Rural Child Care Innovation Program (RCCIP) is a local initiative, in partnership with First Children?s Finance, to address the challenges of rural child care in the Heartland Lakes area through the lens of rural economic development.

The RCCIP uses a community engagement process designed to develop right-sized solutions to increase the supply of high-quality affordable child care in rural communities.