Kathy Ligon Authors 38th Annual Status Report on For-Profit Child Care

Have you grabbed your copy of the Spring 2025 edition of Exchange Magazine? For the seventh consecutive year, HINGE Founder & CEO Kathy Ligon has authored the annual Status Report on For-Profit Child Care!

In this must-read report, Kathy shares insights from top early education CEOs, highlighting key industry trends and challenges. The article also features the highly anticipated list of North America’s Top 50 Largest For-Profit Childcare Organizations. Congratulations to our friends and clients who earned a spot on this prestigious list!

Here’s a sneak peek of this year’s article:

For the last four years, early childhood education providers have grappled with the challenges of adapting to the changing needs of families, volatile enrollments, increased staff salaries, and other cost increases that create significant financial demands. These challenges have required early education leaders to adeptly navigate the delicate balance between tempering tuition rates and the new cost of care, reconciling affordability for families and subsidy systems with the realities of running a sustainable child care organization. At the same time, these challenges have created stronger recruitment, onboarding, and retention systems, fostered greater collaboration among stakeholders eager to continue delivering high-quality education for the nation’s youngest learners, and largely heightened the sector’s desire to grow and serve more families, children, and staff.

Want to read the rest? You can purchase the full magazine here or access the online version of the article here: https://hub.exchangepress.com/articles-on-demand/50547/.