Working Families Case Studies
Most Pennsylvania employers want to help working families address child care needs, but few realize that resources are available to help. These case studies explore successful initiatives, created with available resources in the Business Toolkit, that were custom-crafted to meet local child care needs for communities and workforces. We encourage you to use these examples as a model to inspire your own approach and explore practical solutions that will benefit your business and workforce.
Duolingo Invests in Child Care Staffing for Allegheny County
Duolingo took action to address the child care crisis in East Liberty, investing in staffing, business coaching, and financial support for local child care programs.
York County ECHO Program Expands ECE Grants
The York County ECHO Program is addressing the local child care crisis by expanding grant opportunities to support existing providers and new entrepreneurs, aiming to increase access to high-quality early childhood education across the region.
Children's Village Expands the ECE Workforce
Children's Village in Philadelphia addresses the early care and education workforce crisis by partnering with workforce development organizations, offering paid training, and creating sustainable solutions for recruitment and retention.
Sheetz & Little Sproutz
Sheetz partnered with Bright Horizons and opened the Little Sproutz Early Learning Center to provide early childhood education and care to the children and grandchildren of its employees.
HACP & The ABK Collaborative
The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh offers programs that help residents build job skills, but HACP discovered a problem. For parents working nontraditional hours or looking for new jobs, lack of access to child care created a barrier to participation. That gap inspired creation of the ABK Collaborative.
Families need quality child care to work. Employers need quality child care to ensure their workforce needs are met.
To learn how your business can join the movement to invest in caring, contact the Pennsylvania Early Learning Investment Commission at info@paearlylearning.com.