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innovation Grantees
This project is part of the larger continuum of support for the child care industry in Montana aimed at enhancing the availability, affordability, and accessibility of high-quality child care for children and families in Montana.
The funding targets areas with significant observed shortages of child care capacity, or child care deserts defined as any geographic area where child care supply meets less than a third of the potential demand, care during non-traditional hours, or increasing access for infants, toddlers and vulnerable populations. Â
- Alberton Early Learning Center LLC
- Big Timber Daycare LLC
- Morningstar Learning Center
- Hodges Child Development Center DBA Kid Country CDC
- St. John’s United
- Bozeman Montessori
- Dino Drop-In LLC
- Family Promise of Gallatin Valley Inc.
- Great Beginnings Montessori School
- Browning Public Schools
- University of Montana Western
- Ekalaka Public Schools
- Community Health Care Center Inc.
- Great Falls Chamber of Commerce
- Curious Minds Montessori & Preschool
- Evergreen Kids Corner Inc.
- Florence Crittenton Home & Services
- St. Peter’s Health
- Supalla Inc.
- The YWCA of Helena
- The Birds Nest Inc.
- Immanuel Lutheran Communities
- The Sunshine Academy Inc.
- Central Montana Childcare Alliance
- Zero to Five – United Way of Missoula County
- Greater Missoula Family YMCA
- Partnership Health Center
- Flint Creek Childcare Co.
- Red Lodge Area Community Foundation
- Jefferson Local Development Corporation
zero to five pilot communities
The goal of this pilot was to support community and employer partners in developing a child care infrastructure strategy that meets the needs of employers and families in communities across the state. Participants of the pilot received grant funds to support community or employer-level planning, access to technical assistance and consultation related to various child care models (including the child care cooperative model), as well as resources and connections to relevant business and child care supports as they developed a plan that worked for their businesses and communities. Over the course of one year, participating communities/employer groups worked to increase the supply of high-quality affordable child care in their local communities by developing strategies and action plans, and connected to a broader network to support successful implementation and access to child care funding.
- Baker Community/Employer Partners
- St. John’s United
- Human Resource Development Council (HRDS)
- Zero to Five Beaverhead Collaborative
- Immanuel Lutheran Communities
- Lewistown Community/Employer Partners
- Park County Community/Employer Partners
- Sparrowsvine Resource Center & Seeley Lake Community Foundation
- Zero to Five Mineral County Collaborative
Communities
The goal of cohort participation is to support community collaboration in developing child care infrastructure strategies that meet the needs of employers and families in communities across MT, with the intention of working towards expanding local child care access.
- The goal of cohort participation is to support community collaboration in developing child care infrastructure strategies that meet the needs of employers and families in communities across MT, with the intention of working towards expanding local child care access.
- The goal of cohort participation is to support community collaboration in developing child care infrastructure strategies that meet the needs of employers and families in communities across MT, with the intention of working towards expanding local child care access.
- The goal of cohort participation is to support community collaboration in developing child care infrastructure strategies that meet the needs of employers and families in communities across MT, with the intention of working towards expanding local child care access.
- The goal of cohort participation is to support community collaboration in developing child care infrastructure strategies that meet the needs of employers and families in communities across MT, with the intention of working towards expanding local child care access.
- The goal of cohort participation is to support community collaboration in developing child care infrastructure strategies that meet the needs of employers and families in communities across MT, with the intention of working towards expanding local child care access.
- The goal of cohort participation is to support community collaboration in developing child care infrastructure strategies that meet the needs of employers and families in communities across MT, with the intention of working towards expanding local child care access.
