Opportunities Exchange is a non-profit organization focused on transforming the business of early care and education (ECE).

We facilitate change across the sector.

FEATURED WORK

Early Childhood Business Solutions

A program of Southwest Human Development (SWHD)—Support SWHD efforts to bring fiscal stability, automation, and Shared Services to child care providers in the Phoenix area.

Texas Workforce Commission (TWC)

TWC is piloting Shared Service Alliance projects in multiple locations in Texas with technical assistance from OppEx.

Iowa Health and Human Services

The state of Iowa is building financial sustainability for providers through automation (CCMS) and business coaching, while simultaneously investing in a comprehensive, interoperable technology infrastructure.


CLIENT LIST

Opportunities Exchange works with ECE stakeholders in communities across the U.S.
A partial list of our current and former clients and partners is listed below:

Acre Family Child Care (MA)

All Our Kin (CT)

Annie E. Casey Foundation

Arizona Department of Economic Security

Arizona AEYC

Battle Creek Community Foundation (MI)

Buffett Early Childhood Fund (NE)

BUILD Initiative

Buncombe Partnership for Children (NC)

CERCLE (CT)

Child Care Aware of America

Colorado Office of Early Chlidhood

Community Foundation of Bloomington & Monroe Counties (IN)

Connecticut Office of Early Childhood

DC Shared Services

Early Learning Indiana

Early Learning Works (OK)

First Five Los Angeles

Gary Community Investments (CO)

Gateway Early Childhood Alliance (St. Louis)

George Kaiser Family Foundation (OK)

Granite United Way (NH)

Growing Up New Mexico

Idaho AEYC

Indiana Office of Early Care and Out of School Learning

Iowa Health and Human Services

Lets Grow Kids (VT)

LIIF (DC)

Louisiana Board of Regents

Louisiana Department of Education

Low Income Investment Fund

Luminary Evaluation

Maryland Family Network

Institute for Early Education Leadership and Innovation UMass

Miriam and Peter Haas Fund (CA)

National Association of Counties Research Foundation

Nebraska Early Childhood Collaborative

New York AEYC

North Carolina Partnership for Children (Smart Start)

Oklahoma Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies

Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence (KY)

Pritzker Early Childhood Initiative

Programs for Parents (NJ)

Quality Care for Children (Atlanta)

Self-Help Credit Union (NC)

Southwest Human Development (Phoenix)

State of New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department

Support for Early Learning and Families (SELF) (WA)

Texas Workforce Commission

The Children’s Trust of Miami-Dade

United Way of Greater Boston

United Way of Southwest Virginia

Utah AEYC

Ventura County Office of Education (CA)

Virginia Early Childhood Foundation

William Penn Foundation (PA)

Wisconsin Early Childhood Association

WK Kellogg Foundation

YWCA of Northwest Ohio

 

“OppEx helped us explore strategies for re-imagining how to support our ECE workforce ... the team helped us launch several regional pilots with Shared Services as a pillar and craft potential policy & finance options to stabilize child care providers, especially those caring for infants and toddlers.”

—Jon Reeves [he/him/his], Community Systems Team Manager, Oregon Early Learning