Tackling Financial Barriers to Accessing Childcare for Trainees and Workers

Through Greater Cleveland Works' Built Environment Collaborative, we have compelling proof-of-concept that providing barrier removal funding to trainees advances economic security through improved training completion and job placement rates (the placement rate for trainees who received funding was 40% higher than those who did not). We propose scaling this effort to benefit trainees and workers in two other in-demand industries and across the geography of Cuyahoga County - narrowing in on providing support for childcare expenses.