Child Care is a Business Affair - Perspectives from Business Leaders on Child

A majority (60%) of surveyed organizations said they would handle child care accommodations on a case-by-case basis, and just 1 in 10 said they planned to retain their new child care policy indefinitely.14 A shift to remote and hybrid work may be one of the more significant and lasting aftereffects of the pandemic. [...] The goals of the program are to support workforce participation, and to provide safe, stable, and quality child care for the employees of participating businesses. [...] Instead, Bozeman Health forged a partnership with a local child care startup, MyVillage, with the goal of increasing the number of in-home child care providers in and around the hospital and offering employees early priority placement for their children. [...] Philanthropists in Colorado, led by the David & Laura Merage Foundation, created the Care For All Children campaign, with the goal of building a strong coalition of business executives, citizens, and politicians to advocate for affordable child care in Colorado and in other states around the country. [...] First Five and the University of Nebraska– Lincoln Bureau of Business Research has calculated the extent of the economic impact the lack of child care had on the state’s workforce and economic growth.