From child care desert to on-campus school: An employer’s solution for working parents

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Groundbreaking ceremony for new Southwest Health School in Platteville, WI

  • Key insight: Learn how employer-sponsored child care is becoming a strategic retention lever.
  • What’s at stake: Talent shortages and recruitment costs may escalate without employer-led child care solutions.
  • Forward look: Anticipate employers expanding community-access child care models to mitigate workforce attrition.
  • Source: Bullets generated by AI with editorial review

For working parents in the small community of Platteville, Wisconsin, child care options are scarce. After listening to concerned leaders and employees talk about the impact on recruitment and retention, non-profit Southwest Health, the primary medical facility in the area, decided to do something about it. 

Lee Hafner
Editor

Lee joined the EBN team in 2022, and covers areas including caregiving, employee health and wellness, healthcare innovation, and company culture. She created EBN's popular Benefits in Action and … Read full bio


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