Tools & Resources

Explore these resources for crafting your project pitch, refining your strategy, navigating your local environment, and more. These tools are a great first step to implementing employer-based child care solutions.

Tools by EPIC

Defining Your On-Site Care Solution

  • Anchors for Design

    Identify guiding principles, ideals, and limitations for this project.

  • Financials

    Calculate revenue per child, bottom line estimates, and costs around absenteeism and turnover.

  • Facilities

    Understand space requirements and other facility considerations.

Planning Your Child Care Strategy

  • Articulating Your Vision

    Define your vision to establish the big picture of needs, priorities, and desired outcomes.

  • Employee Data Collection

    A guide for simple data collection before surveying employees.

  • Employee Needs Survey Approach

    A guide for surveying your employees to understand their needs.

  • Local Landscape

    A guide for understanding the licensed capacity vs child care need in your area.

  • Leadership Engagement

    Engage key audiences to become champions for your proposal.

Tools from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation

  • Game Plan: Leveraging Federal Tax Incentives

    45F child-care tax credit: 2026 changes, pooled models, eligible costs and support.

  • Building Childcare Solutions, Together

    A video to educate colleagues about why child care is a workforce issue, not a family issue.

  • Workforce of Today, Workforce of Tomorrow

    A report with strategies for businesses to improve child care access.

  • The Childcare Roadmap for Employers

    Helps senior leaders see the child care needs for parents working non-traditional shifts.

  • Economic Impact of Childcare Breakdowns

    Data about the estimated annual economic impact of child care issues for organizations.

  • ECE Employer Roadmap

    Strategic guide for implementing effective early childhood education initiatives.

  • Childcare Assistance and Tax Credits

    Guide for federal child care resources and strategies for employers.

Explore Resources From Other Industry Experts

  • Child Care Gaps Assessment

    Buffet Early Childhood Institute

    This interactive map examines the potential need for child care, the legally operating supply, and identifies the gaps in child care.

  • Child Care Data Overview

    Bipartisan Policy Center

    Get a snapshot of your state: number of children under 5, supply gaps, and funding.

  • Child Care Desert Map

    Center for American Progress

    Understand the care landscape for your zip code, in terms of need vs. availability.

  • State by State Costs

    CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS

    Understand costs of early childhood programs and how decisions about costs impact quality.

  • ROI Report & Calculator

    Moms First

    Learn about the ROI of child care investments and how to calculate your own.