Get involved

Pick your first step.

Everything on this page is a concrete action, sized by the time it takes. Start with five minutes — the rest follows.

5 minutes

start here

Employers & HR leaders

Run the employee needs survey

Twelve questions, five minutes, anonymous. The single fastest way to know whether child care is quietly costing you people.

Get the survey

Employers & finance leaders

Model employer-supported child care

Use the interactive estimator to see how the expanded federal credit changes the math on stipends, reserved slots, or shared-site care.

Open the estimator

Community leaders & communicators

Share the message

Put the business case in front of your network: a one-pager for your leadership team, social posts for your channels, talking points for officials.

Grab the templates

This month

one calendar slot

Employers · Community organizations

Join the regional coalition

Add your organization's voice to the group coordinating employer engagement across the region. One meeting a month, real influence on direction.

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Everyone

Attend a live session

Start with the business case for child care, or go straight to the §45F tax credit walkthrough. One hour, peers in the room, recording included.

Pick a session

Everyone

Connect with a local partner

Chambers, providers, and agencies in the region are already moving. Find the right first conversation for your organization.

See partners below

This quarter

a real commitment

Employers

Pilot one benefit

Pick a rung on the options ladder — an FSA, a stipend, backup care — and run the 90-day implementation plan from survey to announcement.

See the options ladder

Employers & providers

Partner with a provider

Reserved slots and priority access stabilize a local program's enrollment while solving your employees' waitlist problem. Start from the template.

Get the contract template

Join the coalition.

The regional coalition is where employers, providers, agencies, and community organizations coordinate — one meeting a month, a shared problem statement, and working groups that own real deliverables.

Shape where regional child care efforts focus next
Compare notes with peer employers, not vendors
First access to pilots: shared substitutes, reserved slots, navigation

Connect with local partners

You don't have to start from scratch — these organizations are already moving, and the right first conversation depends on what you need. (Sample directory; a deployed hub lists your region's real partners.)

Coalition

Regional Child Care Coalition (sample)

Coordination, coalition membership, employer champions

Business network

Area Chamber of Commerce (sample)

Peer employer introductions, member campaigns

Public agency

County Economic Development Office (sample)

Site and zoning questions, incentives, regional data

Navigation service

Child Care Resource & Referral (sample)

Finding licensed capacity, family navigation, provider links

Providers

Licensed Provider Network (sample)

Reserved-slot conversations, shared substitute pools