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by Randi Jackson1 view·Updated Apr 1, 2022
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  1. How would you like to create revenue for the college by offering a service
  2. that will bring value to your students and to your staff
  3. like yourselves. Most colleges are looking for ways
  4. to increase enrollment
  5. entice and retain employees
  6. and how to make money
  7. as a nontraditional student and community member
  8. of wonderful community college.
  9. I see the struggles with students and staff on a daily basis
  10. to find reliable childcare.
  11. I was invited here today by Professor Stephen Kenny
  12. to speak to you about the benefits
  13. of offering
  14. on campus childcare program.
  15. I have information in four different areas.
  16. First, let's talk about the community need,
  17. does it warrant having another child care program in our area?
  18. The recent closure of trinity of Lutheran daycare has put a major strain on caring.
  19. They are searching for someone to take care of the Children
  20. so they can go to work and to school.
  21. I have a direct friend
  22. that is a teacher
  23. at the Hurley
  24. playschool
  25. and is struggling to find day care for her two year
  26. old daughter so she can continue to go to work.
  27. More than 40%
  28. of undergraduates
  29. are, are nontraditional students,
  30. they have taken a year off,
  31. they are single parents,
  32. There are full time employees.
  33. They already have dependence,
  34. their caregivers or their retirement.
  35. And what does that mean to you?
  36. The more students
  37. that will need Childcare
  38. is growing
  39. at a rapid rate.
  40. They have a choice,
  41. they can go to school
  42. or they can take care of their child
  43. even online students are struggling
  44. to finish their homework
  45. and continued to do well
  46. if they do not have reliable childcare.
  47. I did a direct direct survey on surveymonkey dot com
  48. And from that survey, 95
  49. believe that our area does not have sufficient childcare,
  50. secondly, let's talk about higher enrollment.
  51. How can offering on campus childcare increase their enrollment?
  52. According to my direct study,
  53. 72
  54. a half percent of people surveyed
  55. that having on campus childcare
  56. would help them so they could attend a college.
  57. That's a significant number,
  58. 75%
  59. said they would be more likely
  60. to choose a college that offer childcare.
  61. Once those students are enrolled and they have child reliable childcare,
  62. they achieve higher G. P. A. S.
  63. They graduate
  64. and they continue on to further education.
  65. Thirdly,
  66. let's discuss the overwhelming shortage of workers our country is facing.
  67. It is widely known
  68. that there is a worker shortage.
  69. So I think it's very important
  70. for a business
  71. to be able to entice and to maintain their employees that they have
  72. when you have on site childcare,
  73. those employers see a higher commitment.
  74. They missed
  75. fewer work days
  76. and they stay at their jobs longer.
  77. According to my direct survey,
  78. 85% said that they would
  79. likely or highly likely accept a job that offer childcare
  80. And 90% said they would stay at that job.
  81. I think that number
  82. speaks for itself,
  83. an employee
  84. is happier with a more balanced work like
  85. and family environment,
  86. a happy employee,
  87. they talked to their family,
  88. they talk to their friends,
  89. they talked to their acquaintance,
  90. they talk about how much they love their job,
  91. how much they appreciate that job,
  92. What a benefit it is to have
  93. on site. Childcare.
  94. Lastly, but not least,
  95. and maybe the most important.
  96. And the main reason you'll want to follow my recommendation
  97. is profit.
  98. Let's be honest,
  99. the college is a business
  100. and you need to make money
  101. without money. The college doesn't
  102. 16.
  103. My 1st 3 areas of emphasis.
  104. Community needs
  105. higher enrollment
  106. entice and retain employees.
  107. I'll contribute to profit.
  108. First, the need of childcare,
  109. the need of childcare opens
  110. an opportunity for the college to have another entity on campus
  111. to produce revenue.
  112. Second,
  113. by encouraging
  114. higher enrollment
  115. of nontraditional students will directly affect the
  116. colleges. Bottom line.
  117. 3rdly, by enticing new professor's office support
  118. maintenance workers and much much more.
  119. And then you retain those employees.
  120. Having enough staff to support.
  121. You're increased enrollment will be key.
  122. I bet you're thinking
  123. offering child care is expensive.
  124. I can't disagree.
  125. It is expensive.
  126. I can tell you that there are ways to help
  127. combat those costs for for college that most child care
  128. programs don't have the advantage of taking
  129. the first one. There are many grants and scholarships for nontraditional students
  130. to help them pay for childcare.
  131. You can incorporate work studies
  132. and early childhood curriculums
  133. to help in the daycare.
  134. There are many colleges in the state of Michigan 27 in fact,
  135. um, that have these programs in place.
  136. I would highly recommend reaching out to them and talking to them more.
  137. Thirdly, there are direct government help.
  138. There's childcare dot com. I'm sorry childcare dot org.
  139. That can help
  140. direct government
  141. to help
  142. colleges.
  143. This program would not be free.
  144. I bet you're thinking child care is expensive.
  145. I cannot disagree.
  146. I can tell you that there are ways to help combat those.
  147. Thank you.
  148. I bet you're thinking offering child care is expensive. I can't disagree.
  149. It is expensive.
  150. I can tell you that there are ways to combat those costs
  151. for a college that most child care programs cannot take advantage of.
  152. There are grants and scholarships for nontraditional students.
  153. There isn't,
  154. there is work studies and you can incorporate early childhood
  155. curriculums through your college to help at the daycare.
  156. These programs have been used in different colleges in the state of michigan
  157. and I would highly suggest that used to reach out to those curriculums
  158. and find out how these programs are working.
  159. There are direct government help directly to the state
  160. to help pay for childcare.
  161. Childcare.org
  162. is one
  163. and then the portly
  164. charge.
  165. Child care should not be free.
  166. And I'm not suggesting that you give it
  167. to your students and to your staff for free.
  168. It's a benefit
  169. parents are well aware how expensive childcare is
  170. and they were willing to pay for it to go to school and to go to work.
  171. In conclusion, let's do a quick recount.
  172. You can feel the community need by offering reliable childcare,
  173. you can create higher enrollment by encouraging nontraditional students,
  174. you can retain both students and staff by offering childcare
  175. and be proud of a well rounded
  176. work and school environment.
  177. You will create another
  178. avenue of revenue for the college.