lemental childcare would be to cut down on employee absenteeism, job stress, and health education for parents, prevention, and quality care for children.Needs of the Agency . The daycare and child development business is booming and profits are soaring. With more people looking at the child care field from different angles, these type of programs have more opportunities for more allies and partners, for funding and positive public relations, for improving, and professionalizing the programs that we offer to our children in our communities. Non-profit groups and higher education have increasingly partnered with schools, often including after-school hours.There have already been so many agencies, such as Harmonium Inc., that have stepped up to the plate to support child care programs such as the 6 to 6, that gaining support from other agencies, as well as big business, would not be a great challenge.ResearchMany businesses pride themselves on productivity. They promise to deliver a high quality product with expediency and efficiency. But how will all this be accomplished, if many employees are out, taking care of their sick children? How will the product be delivered? Is the incentive of higher productivity and greater profits enough, for big business to back this idea? Would the employees utilize this extended childcare?Two questionnaires were developed to answer a few of these questions. The first questionnaire was presented to several different company heads to see what they thought about supporting a program to care for children; the other was directed towards parents. It basically asked what parents thought of childcare for their sick children. (Questionnaires are included at the end of this proposal.)ProgramOf course every childcare program has its goals and the basic outline of the program is to supplement care that is already in place. Some modifications to the current child care site, and staffing may be necessary to f...
