Opportunities and Approaches for Employers to Connect With Home-Based Child Care Providers: HBCC Networks as Child Care Benefits Broker

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Employers are increasingly aware of the relationship between child care and employment: Without reliable, affordable, accessible child care, parents simply cannot participate in the workforce. There are opportunities for employers to become more engaged in supporting their teams and communities in accessing high-quality child care.

This Home Grown resource, Opportunities and Approaches for Employers to Connect With Home-Based Child Care Providers: Home-Based Child Care Networks as Child Care Benefits Broker, is designed to support employers in finding and collaborating with home-based child care networks in order to realize the promise of increased access to and affordability of child care for their employees.

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