Fort Worth’s Best Place for Working Parents initiative is expanding this year to Austin, Dallas and San Antonio. Employers can take an online, three-minute assessment to “instantly determine whether their organization qualifies to earn a Best Place for Working Parents designation, positioning them among the leading family-friendly businesses in the state,” Best Place for Working Parents said […]
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Fort Worth, Texas, January 12, 2021 – 3-minute online self-assessment now offers Texas business leaders the opportunity to instantly determine whether their organization qualifies to earn a Best Place for Working Parents™ designation, positioning them among the leading family-friendly businesses in the state. Originating in Fort Worth in 2020, the first-of-its-kind online business self-assessment has […]
Read MoreClick here to view highlights from Tarrant County’s collective education efforts in 2020, from cradle to career.
Read MoreBACKGROUND Prior to COVID, Bank of America had in place both a family-friendly back-up care benefit for those times when their employees’ regular child (and/or adult) care arrangements became temporarily unavailable, as well as a child care reimbursement program for eligible employees. Historically, Bank of America’s back-up care program with Bright Horizons provides each employee […]
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Fort Worth’s Best Place for Kids! initiative has developed a new online resource that business leaders, families, and community partners can use to “plug into education, from cradle to career” in Fort Worth. The interactive map includes clickable links to engagement opportunities spanning the education continuum. For example, the site invites business leaders interested in engaging in early […]
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COVID-19 undoubtedly has elevated the critical role child care plays in the functionality of today’s U.S. workforce. With many schools switching to virtual learning and most “non-essential” workers being sent to work from home, businesses of every size and industry have experienced the unprecedented impact of employees juggling the responsibilities of both child care and […]
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The City of Fort Worth has a new leave policy for employees who become new moms and dads. The policy, approved by City Manager David Cooke and the City Council, officers six weeks of paid leave for maternity or paternity leave, including for adoptions and placements of children in homes. The leave is fully paid […]
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All parents can readily locate available licensed child care across Tarrant County near their work home and/or along their commute on their mobile or desktop devices for children ages 0-12 years of age using the locally developed, free FIND! child care search tool via: find.bestplace4kids.com. FIND! was initially launched to specifically support “essential service workers” (as […]
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Satori Capital has been included in the inaugural list of “Best Places for Working Parents,” a designation that honors Fort Worth businesses that support working parents through events, policies, and/or family resources. Satori was recognized for its Optimal Living Program, which is designed to support the mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being of team members. […]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, August 11, 2020 Fort Worth, Texas (August 11, 2020) – After on-going efforts to make Fort Worth known as the Best Place for Kids™ and The Best Place for Working Parents™*, Mayor Betsy Price champions the City of Fort Worth’s efforts to implement a new parental leave policy available to all […]
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