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
Kaiser Family Foundation Survey: Employers are Strengthening Paid Leave Benefits During the COVID-19 Pandemic, but Gaps Remain
More employers are offering paid sick leave and paid family and medical leave as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a survey of 1,700 employers across the country…
NC Department of Commerce Invites Employer Feedback on Changes, Challenges Brought on by COVID-19
The North Carolina Department of Commerce is inviting NC business leaders to participate in an important, ongoing survey of business conditions in the state, and we’d love for family-friendly workplaces to…
Business Smart: Coastal Credit Union
When COVID-19 closed schools and businesses, Meghan Ercolanese had to balance work with caring for her 9-year-old and 4-year-old sons. And she wasn’t the only employee adjusting to a new…