Businesses, offer child care benefits with a $1:$1 state match.
Child care challenges impact employee attraction, retention, and productivity.
Talent Attraction
Approximately 20,000 parents are on the sidelines of the labor market because they cannot access affordable, quality childcare.
Productivity
70% of parents of young children missed work at least once in the past 3 months for child care–related reasons.
Employee Retention
The average cost in Ohio to replace an employee is $10,000. Child care–related employee turnover and absenteeism cost Ohio employers $3.97 billion per year.
Ohio has a solution.
Business Partnerships is a three-part model that splits the cost of child care with employers, employees, and the state.
Don't wait. Enroll before July 2026.
The Ohio Department of Youth is offering Northeast Ohio businesses a $1 for $1 match to launch child care benefits for their employees. A full year of matched funding is available to businesses who enroll before July 1st, 2026.
Starting Point takes care of the entire benefit process, from building custom solutions for employer’s needs–amount contributed, qualifying employees, and more–to administering the benefit, with regular reports to human resources to ensure a smooth administrative process.
It's simple to get started.
Ohio’s new Child Care Business Partnerships program supports your business by subsidizing the cost of implementing child care benefits for two years. Supported by the Ohio Department of Children and Youth.
