Montgomery Moving Forward (MMF), an initiative of Nonprofit Montgomery, continues its work on Early Care and Education in the County. Recently MMF has added four new members to its 44-person Leadership Group that is comprised of government, business, education, nonprofit, philanthropy, and other community leaders who set the direction and strategy for MMF.
Welcome New Leadership Group Members:
- Terrill North, Executive Director, Montgomery County Collaboration Council for Children, Youth, and Families
- BB Otero, Special Assistant, County Executive, Office of the Executive
- Kimberly Rusnak, Executive Director, Children’s Opportunity Fund
- Crystal Townsend, President & CEO, Healthcare Initiative Foundation
In other good news, together with Maryland Family Network, local Chambers of Commerce, Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), and early educators, we successfully advocated for a tax credit expansion for Maryland parents. On May 13, Governor Hogan signed this expansion of Maryland’s Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit into law!
MMF is working on an Early Care and Education (ECE) Employer Toolkit as a resource for employers and employees. The Toolkit will be a compendium of resources related to ECE programs, services, and policies. Currently, our community has a number of programs and services for working parents that many simply do not know about and therefore do not access.
The Toolkit advisory group is seeking feedback from the local community. Please take a moment to give your opinion on ECE practices and policies by completing a short survey. Feel free to share with others.
Employer survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ECEEmployerSurvey
Employee/Parent survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ParentEmployeeSurvey
To read more news and updates about what MMF is doing, click here.