Cleo’s Child Care and Enrichment Concierge Program saves time for members — and their employers — by researching daycares and nanny options nearby.
A recent Wall Street Journal article highlighted that child care inflation costs have wildly outpaced standard inflation — nearly double the increase.
It’s more difficult than ever to keep pace with child care costs, and for working families to compare and contrast options in their neighborhoods to match their budgets and goals. How does this daycare center compare to, say, a full-time or part-time nanny, for example? If I pay less for this child care center, what educational or curricular opportunities might my child miss out on? What after-school options or summer camps are there close by that are affordable?
Finding the answers to these questions can take up valuable hours of working parents’ time. For all Cleo members in the United States, however, they can enlist an expert Cleo Guide to research all of this information free of charge.
Cleo’s Child Care and Enrichment Concierge Program helps working parents vet and secure a place at a daycare, preschool, after-school program, summer camp, or with a nanny. No matter what an employee’s child care options and constraints may be, Cleo will piece together a personalized plan and help put it into action.
For example, let’s say you’re a Cleo member looking for before- and after-school child care programs — as well as tips on how to secure a spot in a highly-competitive area.
Step 1: You message your Cleo Guide to ask for help, and get connected with a Child Care & Enrichment Guide.
Step 2: During a brief phone or video call, you share your preferences, such as:
- within 3 miles of home
- under $1350 per month
- Monday-Friday, 7:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
- start in January 2024
Step 3: Your Child Care & Enrichment Guide researches options for you, considering curriculum, quality indicators, and information provided in licensing reports — as well as information on availability and enrollment.
Step 4: You’re presented with three local child care centers that meet your criteria. Your Guide recommends you schedule tours with all three, as they have waitlists, and provides you with advice on what to look for and questions to ask — and also creates a back-up plan if a spot doesn’t become available on your timeline.
With Cleo’s Child Care and Enrichment Concierge Program, parents benefit from having the enormous burden of solving the child care puzzle lifted, saving hours of time that working parents can put towards work, family time, or taking care of themselves.
To learn more about this program, get in touch.