An Easy Way to Support Employees Facing Child Care Challenges
“We didn’t realize how much child care disruptions were impacting attendance until we started talking about it. Connecting our employees to MCRR was an easy step that showed we were serious about supporting our workforce.”
— Missouri Employer
Child care challenges don’t stay at home, they show up at work through absenteeism, stress, and turnover. Even your most reliable, committed employees can struggle when child care falls through or becomes unaffordable.
Through Missouri Childhood Resource and Referral (MCRR), employers have a simple,
no-cost way to support employees navigating child care challenges without adding work for HR teams or managers.
How MCRR Supports Your Workforce
MCRR provides direct child care navigation and referral services to employees who need help finding, understanding, or stabilizing child care. Services include:
Employees work directly with MCRR, employers don't need to manage cases or become child care experts.
Why It Matters for Businesses
Offering access to MCRR services is an easy way to:
This benefit can be shared broadly, beyond parents, recognizing that many employees also are for grandchildren or other young relatives.
As part of Child Care Keeps Missouri Working℠, MCRR services help employers address one of the most common workforce barriers in an inclusive, accessible, and easy-to-implement way. Sometimes, the most impactful workforce solutions start with simply connecting employees to the right support.
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