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- Checklist · 15 min
Coalition launch checklist
Every step from stakeholder mapping to your first public announcement.
Coalition BuildingDownload - Template · 30 min
First convening agenda
A facilitation-ready 90-minute agenda for a coalition's founding meeting.
Coalition BuildingDownload - Worksheet · 20 min
Regional asset-mapping worksheet
Inventory existing child care efforts, funders, and champions in your region.
Coalition BuildingDownload - Template · 45 min
Employer outreach email sequence
Three-touch email templates: introduction, invitation, and follow-up.
Messaging & OutreachDownload - Template · 30 min
Business case one-pager
The workforce case for child care, ready to customize with local data.
Messaging & OutreachDownload - Guide · 30 min
Listening session guide
Question script and facilitation notes for employer listening sessions.
Messaging & OutreachDownload - Guide · 30 min
Messaging guide
Core narrative, audience-specific frames, and words to avoid.
Messaging & OutreachDownload - Template · 30 min
Talking points: elected officials
One page of economic framing for city, county, and state conversations.
Messaging & OutreachDownload - Template · 30 min
Coalition coordinator position description
A ready-to-adapt PD for a paid or in-kind coalition coordinator.
Coalition BuildingDownload - Template · 30 min
Steering committee charter
Roles, terms, decision rules, and meeting cadence in two pages.
Coalition BuildingDownload - Worksheet · 20 min
Quick-wins planning worksheet
Score candidate projects by visibility, effort, and coalition fit.
Coalition BuildingDownload - Template · 30 min
Monthly coalition update template
A repeatable two-paragraph format members actually read.
Coalition BuildingDownload - Worksheet · 20 min
Turnover cost worksheet
Estimate what child care-related turnover costs your organization today.
Employer ToolsDownload - Template · 30 min
Employee child care needs survey
A short, anonymous survey to size your workforce's actual care needs.
Employer ToolsDownload - Guide · 30 min
Options ladder guide
Nine employer child care options with cost ranges, timelines, and best-fit profiles.
Employer ToolsDownload - Template · 30 min
Provider partnership contract template
A starting-point agreement for priority access or reserved slots with a local provider.
Employer ToolsDownload - Interactive tool · 5 min
Child care cost & tax credit estimator
Interactive calculator — model your company's child care costs and the federal §45F credit, with every assumption shown beside the result.
Tax & FinanceOpen tool - Guide · 30 min
Federal tax incentives explainer
§45F and Dependent Care FSA in plain language, with current-law figures and sources.
Tax & FinanceDownload - Checklist · 15 min
90-day implementation plan
Week-by-week checklist from first survey to first announced benefit.
Employer ToolsDownload - Template · 30 min
Internal announcement templates
Email and all-hands language for launching a new child care benefit.
Employer ToolsDownload - Guide · 30 min
Provider partnership prep guide
What to ask for and what to refuse — entering an employer deal as a business, not a favor.
Provider PartnershipsDownload - Worksheet · 20 min
Reserved-slot pricing worksheet
Price the guarantee, not just the tuition — true cost per slot, vacancy value, and a defensible fee structure.
Provider PartnershipsDownload - Guide · 30 min
Employer–provider match conversation script
The brokered 45-minute first meeting: framing, structured exchange, and landing the next step.
Provider PartnershipsDownload - Template · 30 min
Provider capacity one-pager template
The one-page document a coalition hands an interested employer about your program.
Provider PartnershipsDownload - Template · 30 min
Family navigation one-pager
"Where do I even start?" — plain-language routing to 211, ERDC, employer benefits, and the local coalition.
Messaging & OutreachDownload - Template · 30 min
Webinar promotion kit
Social posts, email copy, and a partner toolkit for promoting learning sessions.
Learning & EventsDownload - Guide · 30 min
Sample communications plan
A 12-month communications plan structure for a toolkit rollout.
Messaging & OutreachDownload
Proposed Phase I deliverable after award
Existing Toolkit Crosswalk & Activation Plan
An initial crosswalk will identify what should be retained, updated, linked, translated, expanded, or newly created across the existing Oregon toolkit and related resources. The resulting Activation Plan will define the coalition, communications, facilitation, and implementation materials needed for statewide use.
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