As the 87th Legislative Session is underway, Read Fort Worth convened a number of key community partners to join forces and advocate for education with unified voice to the Tarrant County Delegation on Tarrant County Legislative Day, hosted by the Fort Worth chamber of Commerce. The Advocacy Allies include: Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price, Best […]
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The innovative efforts of The Best Place for Working Parents® and The Best Place for Kids!® is featured as an “Inventive Idea” in the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas’ February 11, 2021 Economic Development & Human Capital article titled, “Hard-Hit Child Care Industry May Need Multi-Sector Response to Revive and Thrive”. The article goes on […]
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AUSTIN, Texas (February 1, 2021) – Superior HealthPlan has been designated a Best Place for Working Parents, reinforcing a commitment to incorporating family-friendly policies and practices into the organization. This designation is supported by Early Matters Greater Austin, a joint initiative from United Way for Greater Austin and E3 Alliance. “I am thrilled Superior has been […]
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Fort Worth, TX (January 25, 2021) – Whitley Penn is excited to announce that the firm has been recognized as one of the Best Places for Working Parents in Fort Worth, Dallas, and Austin. The 2021 Best Place for Working Parents® designation recognizes businesses that are committed to supporting working parents through their family-friendly policies and practices. […]
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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 […]
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Mayor Adler urges business leaders to adopt family-friendly business practices. Austin, TX (Monday, January 11): Today, with support from Mayor Steve Adler and several local chambers, Early Matters Greater Austin announced the launch of the Best Place for Working Parents® initiative. This business self-assessment evaluates 10 family-friendly policies that have research-proven benefits to businesses’ bottom […]
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The Dallas Regional Chamber (DRC) has launched a new initiative, Best Place for Working Parents Dallas, to recognize family-friendly businesses and raise awareness of the importance of family-friendly policies in the workplace. The initiative leverages a first-of-its-kind online self-assessment to help employers determine whether their workplace qualifies for the Best Place for Working Parents business designation, […]
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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