SMP: Is Child Care the New Workforce Policy?
Missouri Child Care Works is highlighted as an advanced “Tri-Share 2.0” National model in a new report from the Buffett Early Childhood Institute, From Pilot to Policy: Lessons Learned from Five Tri-Share Models. The report examines shared-cost child care initiatives in five states and evaluates how pilot programs can be structured for long-term policy adoption. This program profile comes on the heels of a recent report from the Washington Post that highlighted Child Care Works as a national model for addressing the child care shortage.
Tri-Share models divide child care costs among families, employers, and public or philanthropic partners, targeting working families who earn too much to qualify for traditional subsidies but still cannot afford market-rate care.
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