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This Hill letter was sent to Members of the U.S. House of Representatives on H.R. 7309, the “Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022.”
The San Diego small business is connecting parents across the nation with childcare providers in real-time and partnering with businesses to give their workforce childcare options.
Lack of access to affordable child care was a problem before the pandemic. Today it is a crisis.
This guide provides detailed information on childcare tax credits and benefits options, and gives employers four things they can do to help their employees with childcare.
Contributing to the worker shortage crisis is the fact that in the wake of the pandemic there are an estimated one million women missing from the labor force compared to February 2020.
Businesses have options for supporting working parents with their childcare needs. Here's how leaders can take action.