Work/Life

Work/Life Practices Report

October 22, 2019
Thank you to Nina Dickerman and Jonathan Matsui, PhD for all of their hardwork on the Work/Life Practices Report! Click on the link below to view the report. 

Child Care Summit 2011

January 25, 2011

This video was produced in conjunction with the Child Care Summit, sponsored by the Joint Committee on the Status of Women at Harvard and held in January 2011. The summit's goals were to heighten the awareness of child care needs in the work environment, with a particular focus on the Harvard Longwood Campus, and to promote thoughtful discussion by identifying both critical needs and possible solutions. This summit provided an impetus for developing a set of workable recommendations for the future. This video set the stage for discussion by highlighting individual stories and common themes...

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Poll: Cost of Childcare Causes Financial Stress for Many Families

October 26, 2016

By Patti Neighmond, NPR
Most parents have experienced sticker shock when they find out just how much it will cost to care for their infant or toddler full- or even part-time. For parents who have little choice, this can be a big financial strain.

In fact, the most common challenge parents face when looking for child care is the high cost. That's the finding of a recent poll from NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health....

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2014 May 05

JCSW Event: Flextime and Job Sharing Panel

11:05am

Location: 

Gordon Hall Waterhouse Room

Panel members:
Phyllis Carr, M.D., Visiting Professor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital  
Celeste Robb-Nicholson, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital 
Jane Stewart, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Malissa Wood, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital

2013 Dec 04

JCSW Meeting: Quality Childcare in the Eyes of the State and the Eyes of the Beholder

1:00pm

Location: 

Gordon Hall Waterhouse Room

Nina Dickerman, Program Director, Associated Early Care and Education
Wayne Ysaguirre, President and CEO, Associated Early Care and Education
Holli Roth, CFO, The Medical Academic and Scientific Community Organization, Inc., (MASCO)

Please join us for a program update on the LMA Family Childcare Network and a dialogue about the complexities of childcare within the context of availability, cost, regulations, certifications, accreditation, and family needs.
 

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