Rural Project Examples Addressing Child care - Rural Health Information Hub

Added August 2026

Need: To improve children's physical health and social emotional well-being in early care and education (ECE) settings.
Intervention: Go NAPSACC is a web-based delivery program that helps ECE programs complete self-assessments, create an action plan, and complete trainings.
Results: Go NAPSACC is currently in 21 states.

Updated/reviewed August 2026

Need: Child care programs across Wisconsin continue to face serious business, staffing, financial, and operational pressures that affect program stability and families' access to care.
Intervention: The Wisconsin Early Education Shared Services Network helps regulated child care programs strengthen business practices, access coaching and technical assistance, use shared resources, and connect with supports that reduce administrative burden.
Results: WEESSN has grown from a regional pilot into a statewide shared services model, currently serving over 3,000 programs and maintaining an active coaching caseload of up to 300 programs per year.

Updated/reviewed July 2025

Need: To bring needed child care to rural Mercer County, North Dakota.
Intervention: A nonprofit cooperative provides part-time and full-time child care.
Results: ECCCC currently has about 75 children enrolled, but it had 86 children at the height of its enrollment history.

Rural Project Examples: Child care