Family Forward NC is an innovative initiative to improve children’s health and well-being and keep North Carolina’s businesses competitive. It is employer-led change to increase access to research-based, family-friendly practices — big and small — that improve workplace productivity, recruitment and retention; grow a strong economy; and support children’s healthy development.
Business Smart.
Family-friendly workplaces have a strong competitive advantage.
Family Friendly.
The benefits of family-friendly workplaces are numerous and long-lasting.
Future Ready.
To prepare our future workforce for success, we have to start in early childhood.
Families Have Changed.
But workplaces haven’t.
Seventy-five percent of US mothers and fifty percent of US fathers say they’ve passed up work opportunities, switched jobs, or quit to care for their children.Footnote # 1
Family Forward in Action
Preventing Child Abuse Through Family-Friendly Workplace Policies
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month and this year’s focus is Building Connected Communities. We know that implementing family friendly policies and programs in the workplace is one of the…
New Way to Support Employees with Young Children
A new way to support employees with young families that has taken root in Guilford County is now available in Randolph, Mecklenburg, and Forsyth counties. Your community could be part…
Greensboro Aims to Lead North Carolina – and maybe even the nation – in Family Friendly Workplaces
by Cecelia Thompson What makes a city a great place to live, work, and raise a family? That’s a core question that Action Greensboro has been pursuing since its inception…