PDG Newsletter April 12, 2023 Partner Up! Cohort 3 Applications Now Open The Partner Up! grant program, a part of Project Growth, is now open for another round of applications! This program supports partnerships between businesses who purchase slots at existing regulated child care providers. The funding from this program can be used to increase staff compensation, reserve child care slots for local business employees, improve the quality of a child care program, and more. Who should apply? Businesses with two or more employees Regulated child care providers who want to help sponsor the cost of their employees’ child care Note: Governmental entities are not eligible for Partner Up! grants. Partner Up! Kick-Off Webinar There will be an informational kick-off webinar for this round of applications TODAY (April 12) from 12-1 p.m. Learn more on the Partner Up! webpage. The competitive application period runs April 12-May 12, 2023 at 5 p.m. CST This round of applications is once again administered by our partner Supporting Families Together Association (SFTA) and Wisconsin’s nine Child Care Resource & Referral agencies (CCR&Rs). We encourage interested parties to review all information on the Partner Up! webpage and apply. Subscribe to receive Project Growth emails for more updates. Note: This work is funded in part by the Preschool Development Grant (PDG) and partially by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and Quality Jobs, Equity, Strategy and Training (QUEST).
