Douglas County Business Champions for Early Childhood Investment

Virginia Elandt

Business Champions for Kids Coordinator

Umpqua Training & Employment

www.biz4kids.org

Business Champions

Our mission is to actively support a family friendly workplace and a child focused community.

Business Champions for Kids

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Early Learning

• Home Visits

• Quality Child Care

• Parent Education

Kindergarten

• School Readiness

• Less remedial action

High School

• 29% more likely to graduate

• Less likely to commit crime

College

• 19% more likely to secure a job

• 33% higher salary

Adult

• 24% more likely to buy a home

• Lower incarceration and drug use

First Five Years Fund

Flexible schedules

Practice Community Resource

Access to flexible scheduling Society of Human Resource Managers

Part-time options

Access to job sharing

Access to ‘telecommuting’

Flexible Schedules

Flexible schedules

Practice Community Resource

Paid leave Oregon.gov

Bereavement Leave Society of Human Resource Managers

Parental Leave

Adoption Leave

Leave Policies

Flexible schedules

Practice Community Resource

Resource and Referral Family Connections of Lane and Douglas County

Dependent Care AssistantPlan

Short-Term Disability

Child Care Network

Child Care

Flexible schedules

Practice Community Resource

Lactation Room Douglas County Early Childhood Planning Coalition (DCECPC)

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

On-Site Parent Education

Work/Life Balance

What can you do?Return on Investment

Family Friendly Business Practices

http://biz4kids.org/testimonial.html

Family Friendly Practices

Virginia ElandtBusiness Champions for Kids

Umpqua Training & Employment760 NW Hill AveRoseburg, OR 97471

Phone: (541) 677-1616www.biz4kids.org

The Douglas County Business Champions for Kids has been funded by the Whipple

Foundation Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation and The Ford Family Foundation.