For Employers
When families cannot find child care, parents cannot work. When parents cannot work it leads to joblessness and employee turnover. This puts the burden of being short staffed on employers, which also has a ripple affect of making the employees who are working overworked and less satisfied. Joblessness and financial hardships are only two of the symptoms related to child care. Low quality child care also takes its toll. When parents do not feel good about the quality of their child care, they cannot be as effective at work. This too can lead to all of the above. When there is not enough of a supply of child care for the demand, everyone suffers.
What can you do about this problem?
There are several things that employers can do to offer their support to parents searching for child care. The Child Care Connection can offer on-site referrals and information sessions to employees who are having a difficult time accessing child care. The Child Care Connection works to recruit providers and help them through the process. We are willing to work withyou to tailor workshops to your employees needs. Employers may consider opening a child care center on-site for employees. Employees whose needs are being met are more likely to stay. We ask employers in our county to consider making a donation to our program or to hold a fundraiser for The Child Care Connection to help us with our mission. As a program in a not for profit agency, The Child Care Connection receives funding from state and local contracts and foundations to provide services to parents and providers at low or no cost. We look to donations and fundraisers to fill in the gaps.
What we can offer you:
- On-site seminars about how to find available child care
- Assessment of employee child care needs
- Assistance in developing a child care center on-site or near your business
- Resource and referral services for all employees seeking child care
- Information about child care subsidies that may be available.
If you would like to know more about how Child Care Connection can help your business or organization, you can request an on-site seminar. Contact us at (607) 432-0061 for more information. Do you have a record in our database that you need to update? Would you like to have our newsletter e-mailed to you? Please complete the Record Update Request and return it to our office by fax, e-mail, or mail.
Resources and Education:
The Child Care Connection Annual Report is available online!
Every year the Child Care Connection publishes an Annual Report highlighting program services for the year, as well as providing an overview of the state of child care in Otsego County. We look forward to discussing the future of child care in our area with our local employers! Please click to view the Child Care Connection Annual Report.
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