Brighter Futures Childcare Fund: Employee Benefits

Have your employees been affected by lack of access to affordable childcare? Is your business interested in offering childcare benefits to your employees? Then you may be interested in the Brighter Futures Childcare Fund through United Way of Santa Barbara County.

Employer-Sponsored Childcare. Through this fund, United Way partners with local employers to increase their capacity to support the childcare needs of their employees through start-up grants and technical assistance for employers creating or expanding sponsored childcare spaces and employer-sponsored childcare facilities. 

Brighter Futures Childcare Scholarship Fund. In partnership with licensed childcare providers, workplaces, and local agencies, United Way established a scholarship program to ease the burden of childcare costs on households that fall outside the limits of federal support programs. Affordability of quality childcare remains a barrier for many families, including those whose income falls above the income eligibility for public assistance. 

For questions about the fund or to apply for the Employer-Sponsored Childcare Start-Up Grant, please contact Julianna Joss.