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Family Forward NC Announces First Group of Certified Employers

March 7, 2023 National, NCECF, News, North Carolina
Certified Employers Represent More Than 600 Employees in Communities Across NCThe North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation (NCECF) today announced the first 15 employers — who collectively represent more than 600 employees — to receive a Family Forward NC Certification.…

Business Smart: North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

January 27, 2022 News, North Carolina
When Cody Brandon had her first child, Cassidy, she and her husband George were part of the 74 percent of public-sector workers without paid family leave. So they pulled together their vacation and sick leave to have what paid time…

NC Department of Commerce: Invest in Children, Working Families to Invest in NC’s Workforce

August 2, 2021 News, North Carolina, Resources, Uncategorized
The North Carolina Department of Commerce’s (NCDoC) recently released Economic Development Strategic Plan calls for investment in children and working families as a way to build a more prosperous and resilient economy. The plan, First in Talent, is required by…

Announcing our Rapid Response Program to Inspire Employers to be Business Smart, Family Friendly and Future Ready During and After the Covid-19 Crisis

August 24, 2020 NCECF, News, North Carolina
Family-friendly workplace policies are essential now more than ever to the business bottom line and to child and family health and well-being.That’s why we created our new Rapid Response program. Rapid Response offers tools and resources along with no…

A Collaborative Resource Guide for Child Care and Afterschool Planning in School Districts for 2020-2021

August 17, 2020 North Carolina, Resources
Child Care Services Association (CCSA), which works to ensure affordable, accessible, high quality child care for all families, recently released a new resource for child care programs, afterschool programs and K-12 school districts to help them collaborate to plan for…

EdNC Features Family Forward NC and Increased Need for Family Friendly Workplaces, Policies during COVID Crisis

August 3, 2020 News, North Carolina, Trends
The following is an excerpt from a story by Liz Bell published on EdNC July 27. For the full story, click here. Thanks to EdNC for featuring Family Forward NC.Working parents’ unmet needs have become ever more apparent as…

Is an Increase in In-Home Child Care in our Future?

June 8, 2020 News, North Carolina
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, many of our child care facilities closed their doors with no guarantee they would be able to reopen when the time came for parents to go back to work.In North Carolina, 43 percent of…

Public News Service: More NC Employers Join Effort to Make Workplaces Family Friendly

February 4, 2020 North Carolina
The following is an excerpt from a Public News Service story by Nadia Ramlagan. For the full story, click here. More North Carolina employers are enacting family friendly workplace policies such as flexible schedules, paid parental leave and support for…

Brunswick County Employers: Register for Our Family Forward NC Seminar at Brunswick Community College

December 4, 2019 North Carolina
The NC Early Childhood Foundation’s Family Forward NC initiative is coming to Brunswick County to share best practices to attract and retain workers through family-friendly business policies. Area employers can join NCECF and the Small Business Center Network at Brunswick…

NC Coalition Against Domestic Violence Applauds Gov. Cooper's Safe Days Executive Order

October 31, 2019 North Carolina
On October 23, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signed an executive order that allows state employees who have experienced abuse by an intimate partner to use sick leave for paid safe days so that they can take the steps they…

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