Resource & Referral Tools
FREE Child Care Referral Program for Employers
How it works:
- Employees call Child Care Connections to request a child care search.
- Employees receive a list of child care programs that meet their individual
needs.
- Call Child Care Connections: 719-638-2057
ENHANCED Referral Program for Employers
Businesses like Checks
Unlimited have developed contracts with Child Care
Connections to conduct enhanced referrals.
- Enhanced
referrals provide individualized searches and vacancy checks.
- This saves the employee and therefore the company valuable
time.
- This cost saving option streamlines the child care search.
- Call Child Care Connections at 719-638-2070 for information on
Enhanced Referrals.
Options Employers Can Offer
There are many ways employers can offer their employees child care assistance.
Many employers have found that assisting employees with their child care needs is a benefit to the company. Child care assistance can take many forms, including:
| Child Care Assistance Options |
| Flexible work schedules. |
| Developing flexible benefits plans to allow parents to set aside pre-tax dollars to help pay for child care. |
| Providing vouchers to help parents pay for child care. |
| Purchasing enhanced referrals through your local resource and referral agency to help parents find child care. |
| Purchasing slots in existing centers - to help insure the availability of child care. |
| Supporting a Family Child Care Network - Employers can guarantee slots in family child care homes located near the workplace. |
| Developing an on- or near-site child care center for employees. |
For more information on services you can offer your employees and your business, please call Child Care Connections: 719-638-2070.
Benefits to Employers
Why should your business provide child care assistance to your employees?
Many Fortune 500 companies have or have plans to implement some form of child care assistance for their employees. The lack of good child care affects the children, tomorrow's workforce, as well as their parents and the entire community.
In recent studies, employers reported that the areas in which child care assistance proved most beneficial were:
- Recruitment and retention
- Employee morale
- Reduction of absenteeism
- Positive public relations
Colorado Workforce Facts
How does Colorado child care impact your business?
Working parents are an important segment of the labor pool. Today, employers recognize that child care and other family friendly policies are the logical links to a productive workforce.
As a Colorado employer, you should know the realities of the Colorado Workforce:
- 68% of families - both parents work.
- 65% of working mothers - have children under the age of 6.
- 78% of working mothers - have children ages 6 to 13.
- 59% of mothers with infants - are working mothers.
Presentation to Employers
El Paso County's Employer Summit
View our 2005 presentation to El Paso County's Employer Summit:
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