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UAW-GM Child Development Center Wins National Award

5 February 1999

UAW-GM Child Development Center Wins National Award

    SAN DIEGO, Feb. 4 -- The UAW-GM Child Development Center, a
joint labor-management project between the UAW International Union and General
Motors Corporation in Flint, MI, will be honored today in a
national competition for innovative programs that help people balance
work/life issues.
    The fourth annual Innovative Excellence Awards will be presented by the
Alliance of Work/Life Professionals (AWLP) at their annual conference at the
Hotel Del Coronado in Coronado, CA.
    The AWLP established the award program in 1995 as a way of recognizing
excellence and innovation in both public and private work-family programs.
    Recognized for its unique partnership and community outreach efforts, the
UAW-GM Child Development Center is a 24-hour child care center serving the
needs of UAW-represented General Motors employees, offering programming for
265 preschool and school age children, including a summer camp.
    The program also reaches out to the community to raise the quality of care
in the city with training programs open to local child care providers.  In
addition, a mentor program in partnership with the University of Michigan
pairs new teachers with more experienced ones.
    Also winning the Innovative Excellence Award from the AWLP were: the
Colorado Bright Beginnings' Parent Friendly Workplace Initiative and the PBS
television show, "Working Family Values."
    The Alliance of Work/Life Professionals is the largest professional
organization in the work/life field.  The Alliance supports individuals,
organizations and communities in order to promote work/family and personal
life balance.