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Employers describe on-site and partner childcare programs that boost retention, lawmakers hear
Summary
Small‑business and corporate witnesses told a House subcommittee that employer‑supported childcare—ranging from company‑run centers to subsidy partnerships—improves retention and reduces absences, but witnesses and members differed on whether those models can substitute for large‑scale public investment.
Chair and witnesses told the House subcommittee that employer engagement can help expand access to childcare while federal programs address supply. Hayden Paulcino Hensley, president and co‑founder of Red Rooster Coffee Company, described opening Yellow Hen Childcare in Floyd, Virginia, after local options were scarce. He said the program peaked at 24 children, charged about $1 per hour early on and required the coffee business to subsidize roughly $90,000 a year to operate. “Yellow Hen made it possible for her to return to her job,” Hensley said, describing an employee who later became a managing partner after the program supported her ability to work.
Alex Grover, chief executive officer of I2M (appearing in the transcript as “I 2 m”),…
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