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ACCF Women's Fund launches Childcare Initiative

April 6, 2021

Led by the Women’s Fund Steering Committee of Ashland County Community Foundation, the Women’s Fund Childcare Initiative aims to expand access to high-quality, affordable childcare in Ashland County.

The Women’s Fund is a permanently endowed fund held at Ashland County Community Foundation and managed by the Women’s Fund Steering Committee. Annual fund distributions are used to make grants and provide scholarships that build community among women, promote women’s advancement and strengthen Ashland County women.

For the next two years, the Women’s Fund Steering Committee has committed to pursuing a two-pronged approach to expand access to high-quality, affordable childcare for working families in Ashland County. As part of this initiative, the committee will:

1. Use all distributions from the Women’s Fund to make grants supporting new childcare initiatives, or expansions of current childcare offerings in Ashland County.

2. Spearhead, and serve as the fiscal sponsor of, a new initiative designed to create additional spaces for childcare in our community with the start of a new childcare center. The Women’s Fund will convene strategic partners and raise funds to get the new center up and running. Though we will serve as a catalyst and funder, we are NOT a childcare provider and will not be involved in operating the childcare center.

To learn more, visit www.ashlandforgood.org/childcare-initiative/