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Employers and economic developers are faced with new challenges to obtain and retain a quality work force. Child care and/or dependent care benefits are becoming more common throughout the nation as family friendly practices. The Child Care Resource & Referral of Upstate South Carolina is available to help employers select one or more of the following family friendly practices that will best meet your company needs.
Child Care Resource & Referral of Upstate South Carolina (CCR&R) - A service available to parents and early childhood educators to provide child care information and referrals. CCR&R services will assist parents in locating and selecting child care, work with early childhood educators to improve the quality and accessibility of their programs and provide the community with information on the supply and demand of child care services in the area.
Parent Seminars "Lunch & Learn" - Workshop sessions or presentations geared toward employees with children that covers such topics as "how to choose child care", parenting, child development and work/family topics.
Alternative Work Schedules - These schedules allow employees to adjust their arrival time, departure time or days of the week to fit their individual needs to accommodate school and child care schedules.
Parental Leave Policies - These policies are designed to allow employees to balance the needs of work and family without having to choose between the two. These policies may include maternity leave time (paid or unpaid) or depending on the number of employees unpaid leave as defined by the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
Dependent Care Assistance Plan - A plan in which the employer and employee agree to reduce the employee's income by a certain amount, which will be placed in a dependent care assistance fund for the employee to use towards their dependent care costs. The employee is not taxed on the amount set aside and the employer is subject to either federal or state taxes.
Subsidized Child Care - After an employee chooses a child care program that fits their need, the employer will reimburse the employee for a designated portion of the cost.
Purchase of Space/Discount Program - A purchase of space program is one in which the employer arranges to "own" a determined number of slots at a child care program. In a discount program, the employer arranges for employees to have a fee lower than that typically charged to parents. The employer makes up the difference in fees with the designated child care program(s).
Sick Child Care - Employers may offer sick time benefits to employees to take time off that was not planned in advance to care for ill children/family members. Sick Care programs do exist in some areas and are offered to employees by their employers. These may include a center that only cares for sick children, a program within hospital or in-home caregiver or visiting nurse. Some employers may allow their employees to bring their mildly ill child into the workplace in emergency situations.
Consortium Center - These child care centers are developed through the coordination between a real estate developer, companies within a certain area or business park and a child care organization. Consortium centers work well for employers in large office buildings housing several companies, in industrial complexes or in downtown areas.
Employer Sponsored Child Care Center - An on-site or off-site child care program sponsored by the employer for the use of the employees. The center can be operated by the employer or by an outside for-profit or nonprofit organization. Parent fees cover a portion of the operating costs but the employer pays the start-up costs, ongoing operational costs and any operating losses that may occur during early stages of opening the program.
Child Care Resource & Referral of Upstate South Carolina (CCR&R) - A service available to parents and early childhood educators to provide child care information and referrals. CCR&R services will assist parents in locating and selecting child care, work with early childhood educators to improve the quality and accessibility of their programs and provide the community with information on the supply and demand of child care services in the area.
Parent Seminars "Lunch & Learn" - Workshop sessions or presentations geared toward employees with children that covers such topics as "how to choose child care," parenting, child development and work/family topics.Alternative Work Schedules - These schedules allow employees to adjust their arrival time, departure time or days of the week to fit their individual needs to accommodate school and child care schedules.
Parental Leave Policies - These policies are designed to allow employees to balance the needs of work and family without having to choose between the two. These policies may include maternity leave time (paid or unpaid) or depending on the number of employees unpaid leave as defined by the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
Dependent Care Assistance Plan - A plan in which the employer and employee agree to reduce the employee's income by a certain amount, which will be placed in a dependent care assistance fund for the employee to use towards their dependent care costs. The employee is not taxed on the amount set aside and the employer is subject to either federal or state taxes.
Subsidized Child Care - After an employee chooses a child care program that fits their need, the employer will reimburse the employee for a designated portion of the cost.
Purchase of Space/Discount Program - A purchase of space program is one in which the employer arranges to "own" a determined number of slots at a child care program. In a discount program, the employer arranges for employees to have a fee lower than that typically charged to parents. The employer makes up the difference in fees with the designated child care program(s).
Sick Child Care - Employers may offer sick time benefits to employees to take time off that was not planned in advance to care for ill children/family members. Sick Care programs do exist in some areas and are offered to employees by their employers. These may include a center that only cares for sick children, a program within hospital or in-home caregiver or visiting nurse. Some employers may allow their employees to bring their mildly ill child into the workplace in emergency situations.
Consortium Center - These child care centers are developed through the coordination between a real estate developer, companies within a certain area or business park and a child care organization. Consortium centers work well for employers in large office buildings housing several companies, in industrial complexes or in downtown areas.
Employer Sponsored Child Care Center - An on-site or off-site child care program sponsored by the employer for the use of the employees. The center can be operated by the employer or by an outside for-profit or nonprofit organization. Parent fees cover a portion of the operating costs but the employer pays the start-up costs, ongoing operational costs and any operating losses that may occur during early stages of opening the program. |
