Reshma Saujani

The Business Case for Child Care: New Research on Workforce Stability, Foundational Workers & Employer ROI

Reshma Saujani is the founder and CEO of Moms First, whose National Business Coalition for Child Care recently released groundbreaking research, analyzed by BCC and  McKinsey & Company quantifying the cost of child care disruptions to American employers and the ROI of employer-led solutions. Estimates show child care disruptions cost U.S. businesses up to $70 billion annually through lost productivity, absenteeism, and turnover with a disproportionate impact on the foundational workers powering manufacturing, health care, retail, and other essential industries.

Reshma's research reframes child care not simply as a women’s or family issue, but as a critical economic and workforce issue, identifying child care as “The Most Overlooked Lever for Workforce Stability” and positioning it as infrastructure essential to a functioning economy, alongside roads, ports, and power grids.