Idaho Employer Child Care Toolkit
Investing in family-friendly policies and child care can boost employee morale and job satisfaction, reduce turnover, and increase productivity.
A Child Care Toolkit for Employers
The Idaho Employer Child Care Toolkit is designed to help employers understand an array of options to better support the child care needs of employees.
- Access to child care impacts the ability of employers to recruit and retain employees.
- Child care challenges impact both employee productivity and employer profitability.
Boost Your Company’s Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
When it comes to today’s competitive jobs market, recruiting and retaining talented employees is essential for every business. The best way to recruit and retain top talent is by understanding why employees look to leave a job and what policies could foster company loyalty and a culture of respect and engagement that leads to higher productivity.
Idaho Statistics
80,683
67.7%
77.3%
33%
Children under age 6 in Idaho with working parents
Working mothers in Idaho with children under age 6
Working mothers in Idaho with school-age children
Percentage of an employee’s total compensation (earnings & benefits) that turnover costs employers
About the Toolkit
The Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children (Idaho AEYC) and the Committee for Economic Development (CED) of The Conference Board have partnered on a business toolkit for child care to highlight ways through which employers can:
- expand the availability of child care,
- promote ways to make child care more affordable, and
- promote family-friendly workplace policies to help balance the stress between work and family.
Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children (Idaho AEYC) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization operating to ensure that all children thrive wherever they grow and learn. The early years are a time of remarkable brain growth in children and lay the foundation for subsequent learning and development. Up-front investments in quality care and early education translate into direct returns for the state, our communities and society as a whole. Idaho AEYC works to improve the quality of child care and raise awareness about the importance of early education.
The Committee for Economic Development (CED) is the public policy center of The Conference Board. The nonprofit, nonpartisan, business-led organization delivers well-researched analysis and reasoned solutions in the nation’s interest. CED Trustees are chief executive officers and key executives of leading US companies who bring their unique experience to address today’s pressing policy issues. Collectively they represent 30+ industries and over 4 million employees.