by Clover | Sep 22, 2025 | Providers, Supporters
Sara Voss has dedicated her life to bettering early childcare. With over 20 years dedicated to early childhood education, Sara’s professional journey has equipped her with a deep understanding of the field’s challenges and rewards. Her love for working...
by Mary Kay Roth | Sep 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
Kylie Burket has an adorable little boy, Hudson, who requires childcare while his mom returns to graduate school this fall to become a mentalhealth counselor. Malika Lockett works at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln Children’s Center, yet as the major breadwinner...
by Clover | Aug 18, 2025 | Parents, Providers, Supporters
Local child care centers and family home child care programs received a boost this year, thanks to a public/private grantopportunity. More than 1,500 children and 281 staff were impacted by the $148,110 awarded to 24 providers in 9 zip codes across the city. Funds...
by Mary Kay Roth | Apr 30, 2025 | Parents, Providers, Supporters
Zainab Khudhair came to Nebraska about a year ago, moving here from her homeland of Iraq to be with her husband and his family in Lincoln. The 21-year-old had been studying mathematics and hoped to become a teacher, but she hit something of a snag when she arrived in...
by Clover | Apr 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
On Wednesday, April 23, 2025, Prosper Lincoln announced the priority areas that will define its third iteration. Early Childhood remains a critical pillar, the only priority area that has consistently been a focus of Prosper Lincoln since its beginning ten years ago....
by Mary Kay Roth | Apr 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
Business students from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln may not yet need childcare, but this month they participated in a competition in cooperation with Lincoln Littles to come up with some strategic, creative solutions to ease the current challenges in early...
by Clover | Apr 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
By Ariana Garber This year Lincoln Littles has kicked off something new, The Wellness Program. Spearheaded by our Workforce Manager, Julie Jones-Branch, in partnership with Jaci Foged at the University of Nebraska Extension for Early Childhood; they have worked...
by Mary Kay Roth | Mar 6, 2025 | Providers, Supporters
Last semester, Jane Anderson not only learned what a public health nurse might do for our community, she also helped provide supportive advice for a community nonprofit, Lincoln Littles. “Overall, I was able to learn a lot about public health nurses and what it means...
by Mary Kay Roth | Feb 18, 2025 | Employers, Supporters
When Christine Weeks started her advertising agency, Eleanor Creative, she had four young children, not much money and had experienced her own childcare hardships and challenges, with unpaid maternity leaves and little support for new moms. Weeks didn’t want any of...
by Clover | Feb 15, 2025 | Parents, Providers
Families with children ages birth to eight are invited to experience age-appropriate activities at the annual Early Childhood Family Fair presented by Lincoln Littles and organized by the Support for Families Work Group on Sunday, February 16 from 2 to 4 pm at Gateway...
