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EMGA’S THREE PILLARS Promoting Best Places for Working Parents • Encouraging workplace policies that support working parents as a baseline for improving conditions for young children and families. Influencing Public Policy • Advocate for local and statewide policy and funding to increase access to high-quality early education. Advancing Innovation • Incubate, pilot and scale innovative solutions to challenges of access and affordability in the early-childhood sector. 2 In January, EMGA will be launching Best Place for Working Parents in Austin. • Partnering with Ft. Worth, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio • Implementing a first-of-its-kind business self-assessment • Promoting research-backed policies that benefit working parents and business’ bottom line 3 Best Place for Working Parents (BP4WP) • The online self-assessment and built-in designation scoring technology • 3-minute, confidential online self-assessment for local businesses of all sizes and industries • Real-time dashboard report-out of how each business is positioned against other local businesses of similar size & industry across all 10 family-friendly policies • Real-time designation awarding to encourage and promote best practices amongst city businesses • Access to an online EMGA’s Toolkit for employees and employers Promoting research backed policies that support working parents and businesses’ bottom line. WHY BEST PLACES FOR WORKING PARENTS? LAST YEAR, MORE THAN 60% OF ALL CHILDREN UNDER AGE 6 IN AUSTIN HAD ALL AVAILABLE PARENTS IN THE WORKFORCE. • • If parents don’t have access to trusted, safe learning environments for their young children, they won’t be able to return to the workforce now or after the COVID-19 pandemic subsides. Implementing family-friendly policies allows employees to be more productive and focused at work. • Helps employers attract and retain employees. • When childcare is inaccessible, businesses see serious economic impacts. • 70% of non-working middle skilled parents cite child care as one of the top 5 reasons for not participating in the workforce. • 83% of millennials say that they would leave their jobs for one with more family-friendly benefits. • Turnover can cost an employer up to 150% of the base salary of the replaced employee. • First-time mothers who use some form of paid leave are 32% less likely to quit their job before or after childbirth and are 19% more likely to return to the same employer after leave. • When businesses provide child care for employees, absenteeism decrease by 30% and job turnover declines by as much as 60%. How BP4WP Benefits Austin Family Level: Help Grow our Future Economy • Great Start for Young Kids – Increased Kindergarten Readiness, Improved Health and Family Supports Firm Level: Make Your Company More Competitive • Talent Attraction/Retention, Higher Productivity, Less Absenteeism, Better Culture Greater Austin Level: Support Our Immediate Economic Recovery and Growth • Larger, Better Educated Workforce, Reduced Education Costs, Ability to Attract Businesses 8 The Best Place for Working Parents™ 2021 Self-Assessment and Launch Calendar December 2020 January 2021 February 2021  Finalize biz outreach list and local partners  Final test & approval of customized web page  Jan 8th – Webinar connect to review timeline & next steps  Jan. 11th – LAUNCH assessment via email template release  Weekly – Email content with reminders, case studies  Feb. 12th – CLOSE assessment entries online applicable)  Feb. 19th – Innovator award selections (if  Feb. 26th – Announcement of designees and awardee event How you can help? • Spread the word about our launch • Connect EMGA with business leaders Thank you! Welcome your questions and comments Brooke Freeland, Consultant, UWATX Brooke.freeland@uwatx.org