Employer-Sponsored Child Care Grant Program

Announcing the Employer-Sponsored Child Care Grant Program!

Zero to Five Montana, in partnership with the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services Bright Futures Birth to Five program, is offering a one-time grant opportunity for Montana employers through the Family Forward Montana initiative to develop an employer-sponsored child care program. The goal of the program is to implement a child care strategy reflective of the goals of the employer that is sustainable and creates cost sharing between the employee, employer, and the State of Montana.

Grants will range from $10,000 to $100,000 depending on the size and scope of the employer’s project plan. Grant funding will total $2 million to be awarded in two cohorts over 2024 and 2025. Data collected from this pilot will help inform future public private partnerships.

This initiative aims to:

Build awareness of Montana’s growing child care needs and the critical role employers play in helping to address it.

Educate employers and community organizations on employer-supported child care models, including those that apply to individual employers, groups of employers and/or nonprofit community-based organizations acting on behalf of a group of employers.

Create and advance locally driven solutions that increase child care access and support working Montana families.

Interested employers can apply at <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://familyforwardmt.org/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1YaFTdVIaazNAFUpw-JpmAS5S4qkN8Py8JzBv96cUirg66QpHI6LbFhiI_aem_RHKjYYGgAM5hBU5qPC5How