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Child Care Advocacy and Action Guide

This action guide empowers rural Minnesotans to advocate for child care solutions that reflect their realities because when care fails, communities fall behind.

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Making Rural Collaborations Stick

To keep rural collaborations from fizzling out, prioritize trust-building relationships, set a consistent and manageable rhythm for connection, and define success beyond a single outcome.

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Cutting PDG Funding Undermines Minnesota’s Progress

Slashing Preschool Development Grant (PDG) funding undermines Minnesota’s efforts to build equitable, community-informed early childhood systems and address persistent disparities in access, care, and opportunity.

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Creative Fundraising to Support Your Nonprofit Goals

Nonprofit child care centers across Greater Minnesota are using creative fundraising strategies—like raffles, community events, and holiday-themed sales—to engage supporters, build partnerships, and sustain their missions.

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Invest in Care, Grow the Economy

Rural Pathways co-founder Staci Gilpin weighs in on the child care crisis in Minnesota in a recent op-ed for the Duluth News Tribune.

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Child Care in Rural America Is a Non-Partisan Issue

Expanding access to child care in rural communities is a bipartisan issue that strengthens local economies, supports working families, and ensures all children have access to quality early learning opportunities.

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Aligning Strategy, Budget, and Mission

Aligning strategic planning with budgeting and funding decisions helps mission-driven organizations build sustainable financial strategies that reflect their values, engage stakeholders, and support long-term impact.

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Effective Donor Retention Strategies for Small Nonprofits

Small nonprofits can strengthen donor retention by personalizing communications, offering diverse engagement opportunities, promptly expressing gratitude, demonstrating impact, and implementing recurring giving programs—ensuring long-term support and organizational stability.

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Navigating Rural Child Care Transitions

Rural Pathways works extensively with rural childcare centers, but one key question remains for caregivers: How do you know when child care is no longer needed?

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