Join us on Tuesday, August 22nd to learn about Kentucky's new Employee Child Care Assistance Program which supports families by incentivizing employers to contribute toward child care costs of their employees. Our guest speakers include Charles Aull with the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and Jennifer Washburn, of iKids Childhood Enrichment Center. With a $15 million appropriation from the Kentucky General Assembly, the Cabinet for Families and Children match the employer’s contribution, with 25% set aside for small business employers. Learn how your company can participate. We hope you will join us!
Dr. Charles Aull is the Executive Director of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce's Center for Policy & Research. The Center focuses on the Kentucky Chamber’s efforts to advance the Commonwealth through advocacy, policy, and research. During the 2022 General Assembly, Aull played a key role in advancing the Chamber’s legislative agenda on issues including tax reform, unemployment insurance reform, and child care assistance. The numerous legislative successes this past session will save Kentucky businesses an estimated $1.2 billion.
Jennifer Washburn is the Executive Director of iKids Childhood Enrichment Center, with a demonstrated history of working in the primary/secondary education industry. Always an advocate for early childhood development, local child care center owner Jennifer Washburn was awarded a 2022 Champion for Children award by the Blue Print for Kentucky’s Children.
