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Need for Nontraditional-Hour Care, Challenges to Access, and Recommendations
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This brief presents findings that are most relevant to employers. from a study of nontraditional-hour child care in Austin/Travis County. Findings are based on an analysis of data collected through interviews and focus groups and analyses of survey and administrative data.
Key findings:
- The highest potential demand for nontraditional-hour child care in Travis County is early in the morning or early in the evening during the workweek and anytime on the weekend.
- Parents and employers say lack of available nontraditional-hour child care (before 7:00 a.m. and after 6:00 p.m. during the traditional workweek and anytime on weekends) has adverse effects in terms of employee reliability and ability to work during nontraditional hours.
- Employers and community leaders view lack of child care as a problem for employers. Lack of nontraditional-hour child care can limit the pool of people who can reliably work during nontraditional hours.
- Employers play a key role in addressing the nontraditional-hour child care needs of their employees by partnering with child care providers, constructing work schedules with parents’ caregiving needs in mind, and working with local leaders to support policies that provide public policies and funding for nontraditional-hour child care.