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Is your business interested in offering Work/Life programs as a benefit to your employees? 

Office for Young Children can provide consultation, resource and referral services to assist your employees in creating a balanced between work and family life.  

Program Description

The Office for Young Children (OYC) referral service provides information on the types of regulated child care including preschools, child care centers, group family day care homes, and family day care homes. OYC Early Childhood Consultants can assist parents in selecting child care by explaining indicators of quality child care and providing parents a checklist to use in comparing programs. Parents are also provided suggested steps to follow in choosing the type of child care that is best suited for a family's needs.

Early Childhood Specialists are also available to provide telephone consultations with parents concerning developmental and child care issues.The OYC enhanced child care referral service provides parents with lists of licensed child care providers who have current vacancies and offer care for the ages, times and locations that parents have requested.

The OYC enhanced child care referral service provides parents with financial information about the following: the Federal Child Care Tax Credit, Michigan DHS day care assistance programs for income eligible families, child care scholarship programs available for the residents of Lansing and East Lansing.

Reliable child care and family support services, directly impact employee productivity and job satisfaction.