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
Three Communities Join Family Forward NC® Collaborative Learning Lab II
Family Forward NC® is welcoming three communities to Collaborative Learning Lab II: Catawba County, Durham County, and Rockingham County. Through the Lab, community leaders will develop strategies to expand family-friendly…
First in Business, First for Families?
This spring, Virginia became the first Southern state to establish a statewide paid family and medical leave insurance (PFMLI) program. Beginning in 2028, nearly all workers in the state will…
Small Business Month Spotlight: A New Tool to Help You Invest in What Works
Explore Family Forward NC®’s new Paid Family Leave ROI Calculator, designed to help employers make smart, data-driven decisions about paid family leave. May is National Small Business Month, a time…