Highlights
This enhanced service was our way of helping our clients and their employees manage during this uncertain and unpredictable time, as schools closed and regular child care was not available due to possible health risks. 'We offered this new program to provide employers with immediate access to a wide range of back-up child and elder care solutions that solve their business challenges, families' needs, and support the best practices in preventive health measures in the face of this national public health emergency,' said Bright Horizons CEO Dave Lissy. 'In keeping with our core mission, this service provides children with excellent care, gives parents the peace-of-mind they need to be present and productive at work, and offers employers creative answers to real-time business needs.' Many families across the U.S. rely on the use of a back-up child care center when their child's school is closed for unexpected reasons like snow days or for planned reasons like school vacation week or professional development days. However, in late April the Centers for Disease Control warned parents and employers in districts with swine flu-related school closings that parents should not send children to another group care setting because that risks further exposure. For employees and employers already reeling from productivity demands due to the downturn in the economy, this posed an additional business dilemma.
Within a couple of days of the announcement of the availability of the service, Back-Up Care Advantage: Crisis Care Assist was implemented for 12 Bright Horizons clients. Through Crisis Care Assist organizations have been able to provide their employees who have dependents with access to a nationwide network of in-home child care providers and/or secure payment for care they arrange within their family or existing social network. The program provided a vital service while not opening new social connections that can spread the risk of exposure in the face of a potential flu pandemic.
Crisis Care Assist includes a reimbursement option for employees to personally arrange a caregiving arrangement with a relative, family friend, or familiar babysitter. In addition, families also have access to a network of hundreds of thousands of caregivers, who have been equipped with Pandemic Flu Preparedness Kits, whom they can screen, interview, and even conduct background checks on. Bright Horizons also developed customized child care solutions for employers with unique needs in the face of the pandemic alert, such as those in heavily affected areas, hospitals and other health care providers, and those under extreme productivity demands.
To learn more about Bright Horizons' Back-Up Care Advantage: Crisis Care Assist contact Kerri Torres at ktorres@brighthorizons.com or call 800-453-9383 ext. 8720.
- The CDC recently warned parents and employers in districts with swine flu-related school closings that children should not be sent to another group care setting.
- Crisis Care Assist, a rapid response, new back-up care enhancement to our Back-Up Care Advantage Program' helps employers and working families during times of public health emergencies.
- Crisis Care Assist includes a reimbursement option for employees to personally arrange a caregiving arrangement with a relative, family friend, or familiar babysitter.
This enhanced service was our way of helping our clients and their employees manage during this uncertain and unpredictable time, as schools closed and regular child care was not available due to possible health risks. 'We offered this new program to provide employers with immediate access to a wide range of back-up child and elder care solutions that solve their business challenges, families' needs, and support the best practices in preventive health measures in the face of this national public health emergency,' said Bright Horizons CEO Dave Lissy. 'In keeping with our core mission, this service provides children with excellent care, gives parents the peace-of-mind they need to be present and productive at work, and offers employers creative answers to real-time business needs.' Many families across the U.S. rely on the use of a back-up child care center when their child's school is closed for unexpected reasons like snow days or for planned reasons like school vacation week or professional development days. However, in late April the Centers for Disease Control warned parents and employers in districts with swine flu-related school closings that parents should not send children to another group care setting because that risks further exposure. For employees and employers already reeling from productivity demands due to the downturn in the economy, this posed an additional business dilemma.
Within a couple of days of the announcement of the availability of the service, Back-Up Care Advantage: Crisis Care Assist was implemented for 12 Bright Horizons clients. Through Crisis Care Assist organizations have been able to provide their employees who have dependents with access to a nationwide network of in-home child care providers and/or secure payment for care they arrange within their family or existing social network. The program provided a vital service while not opening new social connections that can spread the risk of exposure in the face of a potential flu pandemic.
Crisis Care Assist includes a reimbursement option for employees to personally arrange a caregiving arrangement with a relative, family friend, or familiar babysitter. In addition, families also have access to a network of hundreds of thousands of caregivers, who have been equipped with Pandemic Flu Preparedness Kits, whom they can screen, interview, and even conduct background checks on. Bright Horizons also developed customized child care solutions for employers with unique needs in the face of the pandemic alert, such as those in heavily affected areas, hospitals and other health care providers, and those under extreme productivity demands.
To learn more about Bright Horizons' Back-Up Care Advantage: Crisis Care Assist contact Kerri Torres at ktorres@brighthorizons.com or call 800-453-9383 ext. 8720.
