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For Employers

Better Child Care Means Better Business!

The facts speak for themselves: The quality and stability of today's work force depends on the quality and reliability of the child care available to their children. The issue is a national one, but parents and employers right here in our community are feeling the effects every day of the work week.
The bottom line is that productivity and profitability can suffer when employees experience child care difficulties.

• Absenteeism - A valuable worker may miss days of work while conducting a caregiver search or staying home with a child when child care arrangements fail.
• Stress, low morale - Job performance can suffer when child care arrangements are unsatisfactory.
• Tardiness - Parents may have to make alternative provisions if a caregiver is ill or has an emergency.
• Attrition - Competent employees may be forced to stop working altogether or seek a job with a company that offers child care benefits.

It makes good business sense, both economically and philosophically, to care about employees' child care concerns.

The Answer - Child Care Choices' Corporate Referral Service

Child Care Choices' Corporate Referral Service is a practical, affordable way for employers to help their employees meet child care needs. By contracting this service, employers link parents with valuable support and information that will enable them to make stable, reliable child care choices. By using the referral service employers will reduce stress and low morale so employees can remain productive on the job -- and reduce the work time they typically lose while searching for the right child care.

How Our Corporate Service Works

For Employees:

• Priority response via a dedicated referral counselor and a computerized database of all licensed programs and registered providers in Carroll and Frederick Counties.
• At least three confirmed referrals within three days to providers who have vacancies and who meet child's age, location, and other parental preferences.
• Periodic progress checks until satisfactory child care arrangements are made.
• Counseling and a child care handbook to assist parents in choosing and evaluating child care options.
• Information about sources of financial assistance.

For Employers:

• Easy-to-start program with a nominal annual fee based on the size of employee population and a per-usage search fee.
• On-site seminars, flyers and handbooks to introduce and publicize the benefits to employees.
• Regular reports on the number of employees who have used the service, to help assess the importance of child care benefits.
• Reciprocal arrangements with referral systems outside Frederick County.
• Hourly-rate consultation on establishing flextime, job sharing, leave policies, company-sponsored child care programs and other child care benefits for employees.

Make child care the business of your business...Call Child Care Choices to get started!  Contact Shannon Aleshire at 301-662-4549.