After training, Anne Arundel County and then private employers would contract with these new entrepreneurs to provide transportation for those in need. It has been imitated in several other counties in Maryland as well as other localities across the country. The goal of this organization, which owns three child care centers in the Philadelphia area and is looking to expand nationally, is to improve the quality of child care and child care jobs. It provides training to women in child care and in business skills. After a year of work, employees can choose to buy into the company.
Profits go back to employees in the form of better wages and benefits.
The training includes business development, child development, support group development and community resources. The program is designed to train up to 24 welfare recipients to be independent transportation providers. The YMCA also conducts unannounced monitoring visits and offers technical assistance to the providers. Organizational Resources Center for the Child Care Workforce Non-profit organization committed to improving child care quality by upgrading compensation, working conditions and training of child care teachers and family child care providers. CTAA conducts research, provides technical assistance, offers educational programs and serves as an advocate in order to make coordinated community transportation available, affordable and accessible.