Businesses for Babies Toolkit
When businesses support families, everyone wins!
A TOOLKIT for EMPLOYERS:
Child care, support, family-friendly policies,
and community impact
Supporting parents helps build a strong future workforce
- Family-friendly policies help with employee recruitment
- Family-friendly policies help with employee retention
- Child care challenges impact employment, especially for mothers
- Child care challenges disproportionately impact lower-wage employees (of which women of color are disproportionately represented)
- COVID-19 has amplified child care challenges for most families
Nearly 200,000 children enter kindergarten each year in Florida and almost half of them are not “ready” to learn. Parents need child care in order to work, children need access to high-quality child care to help them learn and develop. Decades of research shows that the brain is developing the fastest during the early years (birth to five), which sets a foundation for all future learning including school readiness!
Business leaders can contribute to transforming this reality – whether through community involvement or using their voice to advocate in Tallahassee and statewide.
Business leaders can contribute to transforming this reality – whether through community involvement or using their voice to advocate in Tallahassee and statewide.
Florida Stats
74%
Pre-COVID, percent of Florida mothers with kids under 6 who were working
70%
Pre-COVID, percent of Florida kids under 6 with all parents working
885,641
Pre-COVID, the number of Florida kids under 6 with all parents working
$9,312
Average annual
center-based child care cost for Florida infants
Nearly 200,000 children enter kindergarten each year in Florida and almost half of them are not “ready” to learn. This is a reality business leaders can help transform – whether through community involvement, family-friendly practices in their business, or using their voices.
Bosses for Babies is an initiative that brings together business champions for early childhood, highlighting the many ways companies can make an impact and inspiring others to take action. These Bosses understand that investing in young children and families is an investment both in their bottom line and in community prosperity.
Bosses for Babies is an initiative that brings together business champions for early childhood, highlighting the many ways companies can make an impact and inspiring others to take action. These Bosses understand that investing in young children and families is an investment both in their bottom line and in community prosperity.