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
Family Forward NC Teams up with the NC Food & Beverage Podcast to Talk Family-Friendly Policies in the Restaurant Industry
Who doesn’t love a good podcast? Or a good meal recommendation? Or a restaurant that offers its employees family-friendly policies? Family Forward NC and the North Carolina Food & Beverage…
An Update on Paid Leave Tax Credits
And What the Update Means for Your Business When the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) expired at the end of December 2020, the tax credits to reimburse employers for…
Family Forward NC Expands Rapid Response to Small Businesses to Help Them Navigate COVID Reopening or Retooling and Stay Resilient
Through our work engaging more than 5,500 NC businesses and employers since 2018, we’ve heard from small business owners across the state who say they want to incorporate more family…