Grand Rapids Business Journal<\/a> | By Rachel Watson | Crain’s Detroit Business | October 19, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n GRAND RAPIDS \u2014 Michigan is expanding a program to help cover the cost of child care thanks to $2.5 million in the 2023 budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) and the Michigan Women\u2019s Commission on Wednesday announced the expansion of the MI Tri-Share pilot, which divides child care costs evenly between employees, employers and the state, with coordination by regional \u201cfacilitator hubs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n First piloted in March 2021, the program expanded to 59 Michigan counties earlier this month. That\u2019s up from just three counties when it launched as a public-private partnership between the Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce and Representative Greg VanWoerkom (R-Norton Shores) with $1 million from the state. Lawmakers allocated another $2.5 million to the program in November 2021. By February 2022, seven hubs were added covering 52 counties and the city of Detroit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Click here for the full story…<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Expansion of the Michigan Tri-Share pilot divides child care costs evenly between employees, employers and the state. Read more…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12172,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2060,2160,105,71,2161,62],"class_list":["post-12171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-shield-blog","tag-child-care","tag-childcare","tag-grand-rapids","tag-michigan","tag-parents","tag-shield-insurance-agency"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t
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