On-Site Care
Build child care that’s convenient for your employees, including on- or near-site facilities and for the hours your employees need.You can also subsidize the rates for employees at your facility if you choose.
- Can improve your brand perception
- Works best for 500+ employees working on-site
- Initial start up costs typically range from $1M-$15M
- May take several years to implement
- Can adversely impact existing child care providers in the community by putting additional strain on limited workforce
- Employee Impact Guarantees a spot and to meet shift work Highest
- Investment Highest
- Implementation time Highest
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Planning the Space & Building the Right Operations
Three important details to define: The care model and if you need to provide full time or occasional care, the facility and if you are adapting, acquiring or building a space, and the operational approach: building or partnering for care operations
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Covering Costs: Ways to Finance Facility Establishment
You can finance the establishment of a child care facility through a strategic combination of grants and public funding, tax credits, and partnerships with other employers.
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Affordability Solutions for Working Families
Support employees in managing child care expenses through financial solutions that make care more affordable across income levels—such as child care stipends, scholarships, subsidy navigation, and more.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Each child care solution includes an estimate of its potential impact on employees, the organization, and the employer brand, along with the typical level of investment and time required for implementation. These assessments are informed by decades of experience in the child care sector, emerging trends in employer-supported child care, and insights from employers that have implemented similar strategies.
The information provided is intended as a planning resource. It is based on the best available information at the time of analysis and should not be interpreted as a guarantee of specific outcomes, a prediction of future results, or a substitute for professional advice.
Because employer-supported child care is a rapidly evolving field, comprehensive research on many strategies is still developing. Some assessments are informed by practitioner experience and employer observations rather than large-scale scientific studies. Actual outcomes will vary based on an organization’s workforce, goals, and implementation approach.
As new research and employer data become available, we will continue to refine these assessments. Employers should use these metrics to inform decision-making and support internal discussions, not as guaranteed measures of success.
On-site child care is often associated with large employers, but organizations of many sizes can make it work. Smaller employers may partner with nearby businesses to create a shared on-site or near-site program or implement a scaled solution that aligns with their workforce needs and budget.
