IEDA, Iowa Women’s Foundation Hire New Employer Engagement Director to Address Child Care Needs in Iowa
14 Jun 2022
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The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) and the Iowa Women’s Foundation (IWF) announced a new full-time position dedicated to helping Iowa businesses develop family-friendly child care policies for their employees.
Sheri Penney, the former economic development director in Mitchell County, has accepted the new role of IWF’s Employer Engagement Director as part of a pilot project created through a partnership between IWF and IEDA. The partnership and new position deliver on a key recommendation of the Governor’s Child Care Task Force, which convened last year to address the child care shortage in Iowa.
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