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Family-friendly policies increase employee engagement – a strategy to improve Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Job Recruitment & Retention - Family-Friendly Policies (Forbes, 2022)
80%
More loyalty to employers
41%
Lower absenteeism
21%
Higher profitability
Child care problems impact the ability of Arkansas parents to work, which impacts employer revenue and profitability.
76%
Arkansas parents who reported missing work due to child care challenges in the past three months.
Source: Untapped Potential: How Childcare Impacts Arkansas's Workforce Productivity and the State Economy, U.S. Chamber Foundation, 2023.
22,790
Arkansas children in families where a parent quit a job, did not take a job, or greatly changed a job because of child care problems for a child under age 5 in the past year.
Source: 2023 National Survey of Children’s Health, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau).
$8,869
Arkansas average annual price of center-based infant care
Source: Child Care at a Standstill: Price and Landscape Analysis, Child Care Aware of America, 2024.
$7,691
Arkansas average annual price of infant care in a family child care home
Source: Child Care at a Standstill: Price and Landscape Analysis, Child Care Aware of America, 2024.
Absenteeism and turnover due to child care challenges Impact Employers Annually
$865 million
The Arkansas state economy loses over $865 million in economic activity annually because of child care related absenteeism and turnover.
$665 million
Direct cost to employers in the private sector in Arkansas from absenteeism and turnover related to child care challenges.
$200 million
Child care challenges lead to an annual tax revenue loss for Arkansas of more than $200 million.
Source: Untapped Potential: How Childcare Impacts Arkansas's Workforce Productivity and the State Economy, U.S. Chamber Foundation, 2023.