8.4 Public-Private Partnerships
Lead Agencies must demonstrate how they encourage partnerships among other public agencies, Tribal organizations, private entities, faith-based organizations, businesses, or organizations that promote business involvement, and/or community-based organizations to leverage existing service delivery (i.e., cooperative agreement among providers to pool resources to pay for shared fixed costs and operation) to leverage existing child care and early education service delivery systems and to increase the supply and quality of child care services for children younger than age 13. 8.4.1 Lead Agency public-private partnerships Identify and describe any public-private partnerships encouraged by the Lead Agency to leverage public and private resources to further the goals of CCDF: The Ohio Department of Children and Youth (DCY) implemented several strategies to support public and private partnerships to assist with administrative costs or to encourage cost sharing. 1. Free subscriptions to brightwheel to help streamline program administration. 2. Providing $6 million through a competitive process to communities that can recruit businesses to match the state investment to support child care programming in their community.