• Provide generous parental leave/PTO policies to either or both parents.
• Sponsor the development of child care facilities.
• Implement Dependent Care FSA programs that are supported through employer contributions to help offset the cost of child care. Raise awareness of existing programs that are being underutilized by existing employees.
• Downtown employers (office and hospitality industry) could partner together to operate an extended-hours child care facility downtown. • Be actively engaged in pro-child care policies at the local, state, and national levels, which should focus on ECCE workforce development, enhancing child care subsidy programs, and passing new legislation that helps grow and expand access to high-quality child care.
• Provide a child care stipend to employees as a benefit.
• Utilize a platform to help develop a program to support access to child care resources and employer-sponsored programs, such as Mirza - https://www. heymirza.com.
• Provide employees with child care resources and information about
availability. www.oklahomachildcare. org or (800) 438-0008 provides a child care resource and referral (CCR&R) service to link families to quality, licensed child care options in Oklahoma. For Oklahoma County, Rainbow Fleet - www. rainbowfleet.org/find-child-care is the CCR&R agency. Additionally, OKDHS Child Care Locator is another good resource to share as part of the employee onboarding process - https://childcarefind.okdhs.org.
• Create/contribute to more degree-specific scholarships to help offset tuition costs and develop more higher education partnerships to attract more students to the early childhood care industry. • Directly support or give to philanthropic organizations that support ECCE providers and programs.
Support
• Build relationships and partner with nearby ECCE providers to build awareness of child care homes/centers/facilities, contract for child care spots for employees (especially for extended hours or shift work), and provide overall support.
• Support summer camp and after-school programs.
• Banks could consider providing donations to early childhood programs through impact funds. • Extend the Oklahoma Child Care Desert Grants by braiding public and private dollars.
• Support facilities/programs that offer backup care for emergencies.
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