Vendor Directory

The Vendor Directory contains childcare partners, providers, and experts from across the country that can support employers to build out the childcare solution that’s right for their business. Employers can find a vendor based on the type of childcare solution they support and location(s) where they operate. The vendors listed in the directory are provided solely for informational purposes. EPIC and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation do not endorse, recommend, or have any affiliation with any of the vendors featured. Users should conduct their own research and due diligence before engaging with any vendor or service. The inclusion of a vendor in this directory should not be construed as approval or guarantee of their services in any way. Vendors can request to be part of the directory based on their responses to a short form.

There are different types of vendors for the various childcare solutions that you might choose to implement.

• Partnering with a childcare provider involves establishing a relationship where the provider could manage an on- or near-site childcare center, or secure childcare slots for your employees at an existing program and help it to grow. It may also include financial solutions such as tailored rates and billing processes, or stipends and scholarships depending on how you build the solution with the provider.
• Partnering with other childcare services offers an array of benefits for your employees beyond regular childcare. For example, partnering with a childcare concierge service means paying for a service that connects your employees with a broker who offers support such as help locating available childcare programs or advice on the right care setting. Or a vendor may also provide a marketplace subscription, which allows employees to access a network of providers offering a wide range of types of care. A vendor may also support employees with financial support such as a subsidy navigator that helps employees access public funding for childcare expenses, or even a voucher that parenting employees could redeem at partnering providers.
• If you choose to provide your employees with other add-on benefits or additional resources like working parent support groups, there are also vendors that can help you navigate those options and help your employees to access the support that works for them.

Collecting HR data as well as conducting an employee needs assessment is valuable before you connect with a vendor so that you have an understanding of what your employees need. At minimum, the HR data will offer a sense of potential needs if your organization is not ready to conduct a survey. The types of things that will be beneficial to know from HR are:

• Number of employees with young children (ideally by age range)
• Employee work locations (site-based, field locations, home locations, etc.)
• Employee childcare pain points (access, affordability, quality, reliability, etc.)
• Interest in various care solutions