Child Care Business Incentive Grant Webinar Next Week
June 9, 2022
Stakeholders will be able to participate in a webinar next Tuesday, June 14th from 9:00 am - 10:00 am to learn more about innovative partnership models that can help with the Child Care Business Incentive Grant. The $25 million grant program, announced by Governor Reynolds on May 18, seeks to encourage employers to offer child care as a benefit to their employees. $20 million will be utilized to support local infrastructure investments to build or expand child care capacity, and $5 million will be used to support arrangements between employers and child care facilities to expand and reserve child care slots. Read more here. Dawn Oliver Wiand, President/CEO of the Iowa Women’s Foundation, will be leading the webinar and representatives from Iowa Workforce Development and the Department of Human Services will be available to take questions. Take advantage of this great grant opportunity by registering here.