Family Forward Montana in Action! Employer Sponsored Child Care Strategies Grant

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 through the Family Forward Montana initiative for employers to develop and offer child care benefits to their employees. 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. This program application will be available starting in the winter of 2024. 

Grant funding will total $2 million to be awarded in two cohorts over 2024 and 2025. (Innovation grant participants are not eligible.) Data collected from this pilot will help inform future public private partnerships.

This project is funded in whole or in part under a contract with the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services. The statements herein do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Department.