20 Feb I2D2’s Child Care Connect Featured in “Inside Iowa State”

We are honored to have Iowa Child Care Connect (C3) featured in a recent article highlighting the work of the I2D2 team and the efforts of bringing this innovative system to life. C3 is the first statewide tool in the nation designed to help families find near-real-time child care vacancies—an effort that took 18 months of collaboration with state and university partners.

Heather L. Rouse reflects on the journey:
“We are excited about what’s next. Now that it is out there, we are looking for all the ways we can use the information to help the state.”

We’re grateful for the opportunity to share our work and to continue building on this momentum.

Read the full article: https://www.inside.iastate.edu/article/2025/02/20/website