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Family-friendly policies increase employee engagement – a strategy to improve Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Job Recruitment & Retention - Family-Friendly Policies (Forbes, 2022)
80%
More loyalty to employers
41%
21%
Lower absenteeism
Higher profitability
Child care problems impact the ability of Idaho parents to work, which impacts employer revenue and profitability.
42%
18,112
$10,608
$7,380
Idaho parents who have quit a job or were unable to accept a job due to a lack of accessible and affordable child care.
Idaho children in families where a parent quit a job, did not take a job, or greatly changed a job because of child care problems for a child under age 5 in the past year.
Idaho average annual price of center-based infant care
Idaho average annual price of infant care in a family child care home
Source: Child Care Needs Assessment, IDAEYC and GS Strategy Group parent and employer survey, 2023
Source: National Survey of Children’s Health, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, 2023
Source: Child Care in America: 2024 Price & Supply, Child Care Aware of America, 2025.
Source: Child Care in America: 2024 Price & Supply, Child Care Aware of America, 2025.
Absenteeism and Turnover Due to Child Care Challenges
Impact Employers Annually
$414 million
Direct cost to employers in the private sector in Idaho from absenteeism and turnover related to child care challenges.
$479 million
$65 million
The Idaho state economy loses over $479 million in economic activity annually because of child care related absenteeism and turnover.
Child care challenges lead to an annual tax revenue loss for Idaho of more than $65 million.
Source: Untapped Potential: How Childcare Impacts Idaho’s State Economy, U.S. Chamber Foundation, 2023