Voucher Project: A Demonstration Project of Employer Supported Child Care

摘要

The text reports on a pilot project to promote a voucher-paid child care benefit for low-income employees residing in the Salt Lake City area. The objectives of the project are enumerated and include: making educational presentations about the project to the community at large, providing technical assistance including feasibility studies to 10 employers, providing training on the child care delivery system with 50 private sector child care providers, and producing and distributing a materials packet consisting of a management plan and a final report. The employer presentations are described, as are the presentations to the child care community, employee groups, and the community at large. The voucher project staff found that many employers were interested in the idea of child care resources and referral services. The project is concluded to have been successful in educating employers, parents, child care providers, and the community at large about child care issues and in introducing the voucher system as a viable alternative to expensive onsite child care centers.