Team:

• Anna Saltzman

• Rami Arafah

• Pilar Mendoza

• Meghan Hunt

• Erika Takada

• Ali Miller

• Raf Henriquez

The Story of The David and Lucile Packard Foundation’s Ten-Year Effort to Champion Family, Friend, and Neighbor Care in California

Many children under five spend a large part of their early years with extended family, friends, and neighbors. For many families, this form of care, known as Family, Friend, and Neighbor care, is affordable, flexible, and culturally and linguistically responsive to their needs. Yet these caregivers have historically had limited access to the resources, tools, and community networks that support their work. In 2014, the Packard Foundation launched its Informal Care Strategy, a ten-year effort to support these caregivers in California and nationally. Grantees tested ways to share information with caregivers, connect them with resources and with each other, and support them in providing quality care, and the most promising programs moved toward scale.

Engage R+D served as the Foundation's evaluation partner for the strategy. This page brings together the products from that partnership, including the story of the ten-year effort and evaluation findings from along the way.