| 1. Seminars on more effective parenting | 27. Equipment for or renovations to child care programs seeking accreditation |
| 2. Seminars on choosing child care and what makes a quality program | 28. Contracted initiative to increase supply of child care by age or geographic-target |
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3. Contracted services for locating child care through a resource and referral agency |
29. Regular paid time off to volunteer at child care program or school |
| 4. Job sharing | 30. On-site medical clinic services or health consultation |
| 5.Te1ecommuting |
31. Child development consultant services by pone or on-site |
| 6. Compressed work schedules | 32. Contribute to public-private partnership child care investment fund |
| 7. Flexible work hours | 33. Low or no-interest loans to child care programs |
| 8. Allow employees to shift from full- to part-time and back, maintaining their position | 34. Participate in a state or local child care business commission |
| 9. Allow employees to periodically work at home | 35. Work with local government to remove planning and zoning obstacles to child care |
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Extended, paid parental leave |
36. On-site public school, especially a charter school |
| 11. Slow phase-back into work after parental leave | 37. Subsidize tutoring programs for school-age children |
| 12. Lactation room and/or lactation consultants for nursing mothers | 38. Subsidize youth recreation programs for middle-school and high-school children |
| 13. Dependent Care Assistance Plans (DAPS) | 39. Form a consortium with other business to provide child care benefits |
| 14. Employer match of employees' DCAP deductions | 40. Form a consortium of small businesses to subsidize near-site child care for all |
| 15. Vouchers for a portion of child care costs | 41. Printed information on parenting and choosing child care |
| 16. Reimbursement of a portion of child care costs | 42. Resource fair of family support programs |
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Paid, reserved spaces in child care facilities |
43. Donate portion of paid lobbyist's time to early childhood legislative issues |
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Discounted fees at child care facilities |
44. Provide coupons for children's products, such as diapers and formula |
| 19. Subsidized care for mildly ill children | 45. Ensure health insurance covers immunizations |
| 20. Subsidized back-up care for employees' child care emergencies | 46. "Advertise" the earned income tax credit to low wage employees |
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Subsidized summer programs for school age children |
47. Form a consortium of small businesses to provide health insurance |
| 22. On-site or near-site child care centers | 48. Serve on local planning board to coordinate and improve early childhood services |
| 23. Networks of quality-enhanced family child care homes | 49. Adopt employees' child care programs and donate repairs and consumable materials |
| 24. Scholarship funds for child care teachers' college coursework | 50. Subsidize substitute cost for employees' child care programs |
| 25. Capital investment for expansion of child care centers to serve more children |  |
| 26. Pay accreditation fees for child care programs | |
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