Introducing Business LED, by EPIC
A Program That Helps Build Business Leadership for Childcare
EXECUTIVES PARTNERING TO INVEST IN CHILDREN
CONTACT
711 Park Avenue West
Denver, CO 80205
303-319-3350
info@EPICimpact.org
Childcare is essential economic infrastructure. When it is inaccessible, unaffordable, or unreliable, businesses experience workforce challenges, increased turnover, absenteeism, and lost productivity.
Business LED (Learn, Engage, Drive) is EPIC’s approach to helping states and communities build, activate, and sustain business leadership around childcare.
Through practical resources, proven strategies, and strategic guidance, EPIC helps local partners mobilize business leaders and develop childcare strategies tailored to their communities.
EPIC provides the tools and expertise. Local leaders build the movement.
The Economic Opportunity
Childcare challenges affect more than families. They affect entire economies. Research from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Untapped Potential series demonstrates that childcare challenges can cost states billions of dollars in lost economic activity.
Business LED helps communities turn these economic challenges into opportunities by mobilizing business leaders to advance practical solutions, strategic partnerships, and long-term investment in childcare.
Why EPIC?
With years of experience engaging business leaders, employers, policymakers, and community partners, EPIC brings established frameworks, national relationships and practical expertise to help communities build their own business-led childcare strategies.
Rather than starting from scratch, partners can build on EPIC’s experience and adapt proven approaches to their local needs. EPIC provides the roadmap, resources and strategic guidance. Local partners provide the leadership, relationships and commitment to drive lasting change.
What Business LED Partners Receive
Through a six-month advisory partnership, EPIC provides tools, strategic guidance and collaborative learning opportunities to help communities build and sustain business leadership around childcare.
Understand your community
Access resources to assess childcare and workforce challenges, policy environments and economic opportunities.
Engage business leaders
Utilize stakeholder mapping tools, engagement strategies and communications resources to mobilize business and community partners.
Build your strategy
Develop a locally tailored roadmap with priorities, partnership opportunities and key sustainability considerations.
Connect and learn
Benefit from EPIC’s strategic advising, collaborative learning opportunities and growing national network of business leaders.
Goal: Equip local leaders with the knowledge, relationships and actionable strategy needed to advance childcare solutions and sustain momentum in their communities.
Specific resources and advisory supports may differ based on the needs of the interested party.
2027 Business LED Pilot Opportunity
EPIC is preparing to launch the Business LED pilot with three state or regional partners in 2027.
The six-month Business LED Advisory Partnership is a paid engagement designed to provide participating communities with strategic guidance, practical tools, and access to EPIC’s expertise as they develop their local business leadership strategies.
Investment details and the scope of each partnership will be discussed directly with interested organizations to ensure alignment with their community’s needs, readiness and goals.
Looking for Solutions for Your Own Business?
If you are an individual employer looking for ways your organization can better support employees with childcare needs, contact the EPIC Workforce and Workplace Advising team or explore the Employer Childcare Navigator.
The Navigator is a free, publicly available resource designed to help employers assess workforce challenges, explore childcare solutions and identify practical pathways to action. It was developed by EPIC in partnership with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation.