
The Love Connection explores child care in California. Season 1 asked, "How do you measure love?" and explored California's child care quality rating and improvement system. Season 2 challenged biased narratives about Family, Friend, and Neighbor (FFN) care through provider and parent stories. Season 3 looks ahead to what changes need to happen in our field to bring visibility and value to FFN Car... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 18 | Founded | 4 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Category | Kids & Family | |||

In the final episode of Season 3 of The Love Connection, we go into the future.
Lifelong advocate Domenica Marquez shares her deeply personal and professional journey through early care systems, highlighting the urgency for transformative change. T... more
In this episode, we go behind the scenes to explore how Resource and Referral agencies help Family, Friend, and Neighbor caregivers. Sandy Pablik is a former FFN herself, who now uses that experience to help support other FFN’s through training, lice... more
Veteran researcher Toni Porter shares decades of national research on the essential role FFN’s provide, while Soyla Madrigal, FFN training coordinator, opens up about what it means to be an FFN provider for her own grandbaby. They shed light on the s... more
In this powerful episode, Anna Powell of the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment and Kim Nall of the Tribal Child Care Association of California explore the vital role of Family, Friend, and Neighbor care in California’s early childhood lea... more
In the Season 3 premiere of The Love Connection, we explore how decades of policy have shaped and often overlooked Family, Friend, and Neighbor care. Host Rowena Kamo is joined by longtime research consultant Fran Kipnis to uncover the systemic biase... more
In this final episode, we hear from Braizell, a Family, Friend, and Neighbor (FFN) care provider who has been in her grandson’s life since he was just a baby. She has been there through it all, bathing, feeding, and nurturing him until he could learn... more
In this episode we meet Hailey, a single mother, part-time waitress, and artist who also earned two associate degrees while navigating the complexities of parenthood. How does she balance it all? When the school bell rings and daycare doors close, sh... more
Angelica is a Napa resident who worked in the food industry for several years before finding her true calling in early childhood development. She reflects on how becoming a mother inspired her to switch careers and become a Family, Friend, and Neighb... more








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