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: Oregon Community Foundation and Ford Family Foundation Fund Neighborhood House to be the Oregon Child Care Alliance (OCCA) for a shared services project. DELC funds business coaches in 7 regions to participate with the OCCA. The OCCA builds the curricula for business acumen and the suite of offerings in the shared services alliance and the CCR&Rs that the Lead Agency funds implement focused child care networks working on strong business practices and 1:1 coaching with each of the child care programs signed up for the OCCA.