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A Local Child Care Partnership to Support the Team
Child Care Partnership
Watch video Child care investments result in wide-ranging, positive business outcomes, such as retention of key staff and increased productivity. Executives Partnering to Invest in Children (EPIC) and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation have partnered to streamline employer access to information about child care solutions. Learn more about this initiative below.
Take the questionnaire to receive personalized child care solutions for your organization.
Child care solutions aren’t one-size-fits-all. We’ll consider factors like how often your employees come into the office and your operating hours in order to create a targeted set of child care solutions for your employees.
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To strategically invest in child care benefits, consider the top three issues your employees may face: access, financial and workplace barriers.
By building on-site care, providing tools that connect employees to existing child care programs, or investing in local child care programs to increase supply.
By providing financial assistance for child care costs via direct funding or paying for services that match employees with child care subsidies.
By providing a working environment that supports parents via comprehensive benefits and policies like back up care, parental leave, and flexible scheduling.
Our recommended solutions are formulated to address at least two of the three key barriers that employees face, leading to more impactful results for both the employer and the employee.
Build child care exactly where many employees need it - at or near work. Employees can also receive subsidized rates at the facility, if you so choose.
Organizations This Works Best For
Employee Impact
Refers to the positive impact to an employee from this approach.
Highest
Brand Benefit
Refers to the expected lift to a brand's perception by offering this benefit.
Highest
Implementation Time
Refers to the time it will take to offer this child care solution.
Highest
Investment
Refers to the up front and annual funds invested into offering this solution
Highest
Builds child care supply – the most impactful way to solve for child care!
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Partner with an established child care program to secure child care slots and even help grow the center. Employees can also receive a discounted rate.
Organizations This Works Best For
Employee Impact
Refers to the positive impact to an employee from this approach.
High
Brand Benefit
Refers to the expected lift to a brand's perception by offering this benefit.
Medium
Implementation Time
Refers to the time it will take to offer this child care solution.
Medium
Investment
Refers to the up front and annual funds invested into offering this solution
High
Supports access to care; can also support development of new local child care slots.
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Purchase a service to connect employees with a broker who helps to locate available child care programs or offers advice on choosing the right care setting.
Organizations This Works Best For
Employee Impact
Refers to the positive impact to an employee from this approach.
Medium
Brand Benefit
Refers to the expected lift to a brand's perception by offering this benefit.
Low
Implementation Time
Refers to the time it will take to offer this child care solution.
Low
Investment
Refers to the up front and annual funds invested into offering this solution
Medium
Helps employee find a best fit child care solution; may support other types of care.
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Purchase a subscription service that allows employees to find vendors offering a range of options from full-time care to backup care (plus other care solutions for pets or elders).
Organizations This Works Best For
Employee Impact
Refers to the positive impact to an employee from this approach.
Low
Brand Benefit
Refers to the expected lift to a brand's perception by offering this benefit.
Low
Implementation Time
Refers to the time it will take to offer this child care solution.
Low
Investment
Refers to the up front and annual funds invested into offering this solution
Low
Supports care search; may benefit both parenting and non-parenting employees.
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Assist parents with child care costs by directly funding or paying for child care services. Solutions include subsidies, discounts, dependent care flexible savings accounts, and others.
Organizations This Works Best For
Additional help for parents to reduce the affordability barrier to access child care.
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Invest in or partner with your community to create impact such as fostering a thriving workforce, strengthening local economies, and creating high brand recognition.
Organizations This Works Best For
Increases child care supply and access for your employees and community.
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These ‘add-on’ solutions can pair with child care solutions but aren’t impactful enough on their own to solve for a permanent child care need. Examples are safety net options like backup care, family-friendly work policies, parental leave, flexible work hours, parent employee resource groups and more.
Organizations This Works Best For
Great benefits to stack on top of child care solutions for additional help.
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Child care solutions exist for all companies, no matter the size.
Answer a few questions about your organization and employees to receive tailored solutions.
Learn about your suggested solutions and their potential impact on your organization.
Use the vendor directory to find partners that implement the solutions most relevant to your organization.
By investing in and partnering with organizations in your community, you will not only increase child care access for your employees but also the community as a whole. This can foster a thriving local workforce, strengthen local economies, and create positive brand benefits.
Need resources to make a case to leadership to implement child care? Want to better understand the financials involved in implementing on-site care? We’ve got the tools for you.
Define your vision to establish the big picture of needs, priorities, and desired outcomes.
Engage key audiences to become champions for your proposal.
A guide for simple data collection before surveying employees.
A guide for understanding the licensed capacity vs child care need in your area.
Identify guiding principles, ideals, and limitations for this project.
Calculate revenue per child, bottom line estimates, and costs around absenteeism and turnover
Explore real-world examples of organizations successfully implementing child care solutions and learn from their strategies and outcomes.
