Ann Kaluzny also distributed articles for reading. Jody Nishioka introduced herself. She is with Project Liftoff and plans to attend Systems Subcommittee meetings. The remaining sites will be decided during a teleconference. This a finance project and they are testing a model which enables parents to apply for financial aid packages to meet their child care needs.
Public planning is included.
Billie Young did receive helpful feedback and ideas from the subcommittees. The conference is on how businesses can partner in child care. Jennifer Wallace, a K-12 policy analyst from OFM, had pulled the state team together. Other States have completed this mapping through the MOST initiative. This will help to determine what outcomes are needed, where the gaps are, and help weigh priorities.