Launching Local Child Care Programs For Montage Health

Overview

Montage Health is a nonprofit health system based in Monterey, California, comprising of a collection of organizations dedicated to maintaining the health and connectivity of the community it serves. It has 2,500 members, including overnight, part-time, and shift employees.

Challenge

Montage Health employees consistently expressed concerns about child care needs in employee surveys. While the hospital considered launching an on-site child care center, challenges arose around costs, construction, and uncertainties about fluctuating demand.

The Solutions

• Concierge Services: Wonderschool matched Montage parents with nearby child care from our high-quality network of family child care programs.
• New Child Care Program Creation: Recognizing the need for scalable child care capacity, we recruited and enabled local providers to start quality nearby child care programs that offered priority enrollment to Montage employees.

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The Outcomes

• 97% of child care requests were matched through our concierge services
• Parents received child care assistance within weeks.
• A record-low employee turnover was reported in the past year for Montage Health; new child care benefits contribute to a family-friendly benefits package.

Testimonials

"Thank you for all your help in providing information about child care services in my area. Your help was very beneficial in finding local and highly-rated daycares here." Montage Healthcare Worker Parent Employee

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"Wonderschool has been accessible, knowledgeable, and straightforward. The child care program creation solution makes sense since demand for child care can change year after year."  Greg Smorzewski, Montage Health-Vice President, Chief Human Resource Officer

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Learn more about Wonderschool child care benefits at www.wonderschool.com/corp/employers

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