NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – The state of Tennessee is offering money to businesses and nonprofits that offer child care for their workers.
The goal is to increase licensed child care access in Tennessee by having employers create their own child care programs, particularly in child care deserts and for historically underserved populations, according to the Tennessee Department of Human Services.
“(TDHS) seeks to pilot partnerships between nonprofit organizations and private employers to design and implement strategies that expand child care access and capacity to serve the partnering employer’s workforce,” TDHS said. “The goal is to add slots or spaces of child care capacity through expansion of existing child care agencies or creation of new child care agencies.”
The pilot program would provide grants to businesses and nonprofits that develop a child care program for their employees. This comes as the price of child care in the United States has soared …