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Maven Clinic . 2025. Maven’s state of women’s & family health benefits: How rising costs and evolving needs are reshaping workplace benefits . New York, NY: Maven Clinic, 35 pp.

Annotation: This report presents findings on the state of women's and family health benefits in the workplace based on two surveys conducted in October-November 2024. It addresses challenges facing employees and employers, including rising healthcare costs, burnout among working parents, and increased anxiety around reproductive health. The report highlights how companies are responding through expanded benefits, with 69% planning to increase family health benefits vendors in the coming years. It discusses the benefits of offering comprehensive women's and family health support, including improved employee retention and reduced healthcare costs. The report includes specific statistics on employer and employee priorities, testimonials from benefits leaders, and guidance for designing effective family benefits programs. Sections cover topics such as fertility support, parenting challenges, men's reproductive health, and the role of digital health solutions in improving outcomes.

Contact: Maven Clinic , , New York, NY 10013, E-mail: https://www.mavenclinic.com/contact Web Site: https://www.mavenclinic.com/

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Keywords: Employer health costs, Family support services, Health Benefits Plans, Employee, Insurance benefits, Maternal health, Perinatal care, Reproductive health services, Statistics, Surveys, Trends, Women', Workplace health promotion, s health

Maternal Health Learning and Innovation Center. 2023. Increase awareness of workplace benefits and protections for pregnant and postpartum women. Chapel Hill, NC: Maternal Health Learning and Innovation Center, 10 pp. (White House blueprint evidence to action briefs)

Annotation: This issue brief outlines Action 5.3 from Goal 5 of the White House Blueprint for Addressing the Maternal Health Crisis, focusing on increasing awareness of workplace benefits and protections for pregnant and postpartum women, particularly around breastfeeding support. It discusses the importance of workplace accommodations like private lactation spaces and break times, examines disparities in breastfeeding rates across demographic groups, and presents evidence-based strategies for improving workplace support through legislation, employer policies, and educational initiatives. The document includes data on breastfeeding rates, state policies, and successful intervention programs, while highlighting persistent challenges in workplace support for lactating employees.

Contact: Maternal Health Learning and Innovation Center , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC Web Site: https://maternalhealthlearning.org/

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Keywords: Breastfeeding, Employee benefits, Employer initiatives, Postpartum women, Pregnant women, Workplace health promotion

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health. 2014-. Supporting nursing moms at work: Employer solutions. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health,

Annotation: This resource provides businesses with cost-effective tips and solutions for any industry setting to support women who are breastfeeding. Users can search by industry or by solutions to find creative options for space and time, as well as options for supporting women in large companies and small businesses. Topics include room amenities, breast pumps, options for handling expressed milk, education and professional support, promoting services to employees, and privacy. Videos are included.

Contact: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health, 200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Room 712E, Washington, DC 20201, Telephone: (800) 690-7650 Fax: (202) 205-2631 Web Site: http://www.womenshealth.gov Available from the website.

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Keywords: Breastfeeding, Business, Employee benefits, Employer initiatives, Multimedia, Parent support programs, Policy development, Working mothers

National Maternal and Child Oral Health Policy Center. 2011. Exchanges and dental coverage: Building on an employer base. Washington, DC: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Policy Center, 4 pp. (Issue brief)

Annotation: This issue brief provides an overview of private dental insurance coverage, who has coverage and how they obtain it, and the possible impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on employer-sponsored dental benefits. Topics addressed include employer insurance purchasing patterns, state exchanges, and coverage for children and families. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Child health, Children, Employee benefits, Employer initiatives, Federal legislation, Financing, Health insurance, Oral health, Public policy, State initiatives

Finch RA, Phillips K. 2005. An employer's guide to behavioral health services: A roadmap and recommendations for evaluating, designing, and implementing behavioral health services. Washington, DC: National Business Group on Health, 95 pp.

Annotation: This guide examines the employer's role in behavioral health care, a continuum of health services for individuals at risk or, or having, mental, behavioral, or addictive disorders. It examines major trends in the epidemiology, treatment, and cost of behavioral healthcare in the United State, discusses the state of employer-sponsored behavioral health services, and makes recommendations to improve the design, delivery, and purchase of employer-sponsored behavioral healthcare services. It also provides an overview of the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health.

Contact: National Business Group on Health, 20 F Street, N.W., Suite 200, Washington, DC 20001-6700, Telephone: (202) 558-3000 Fax: (202) 628-9244 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.businessgrouphealth.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Behavior disorders, Employee benefits, Employer initiatives, Health care programs, Health insurance programs, Mental disorders, Mental health, Strategic plans, Substance abuse

Ruhm CJ. 2004. How well do parents with young children combine work and family life?. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, 23 pp. (NBER working paper series no. 10247)

Annotation: This report examines trends in labor force involvement, household structure, and some activities that may complicate the efforts of parents with young children to balance work and family life. It considers whether employer policies mitigate or exacerbate these difficulties and provides comparisons between U.S. policies and those of other industrialized countries, and it speculates on some possible sources and effects of the differences. Additional topics include changes in labor supply, time investments, employer benefits, family leave policies, maternal employment and child care. Statistical information is presented in tables and figures grouped together at the end of the report. The report also includes a reference list.

Contact: National Bureau of Economic Research, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-5398, Telephone: (617) 868-3900 Fax: (617) 868-2742 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.nber.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Administrative policy, Child care, Employer benefits, Employer initiatives, Families, Family economics, Family leave, Family support, Work family issues, Working mothers, Working parents, Young children

Martin KE. 2002. Shifting responsibilities: Models of defined contribution. Washington, DC: Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy, 13 pp.

Annotation: This report begins with a brief review of the existing literature on defined contribution (i.e., a set amount of money that employers provide toward an employee's health coverage). It then presents a typology of various defined contribution models, focusing on the commonalities and differences among them and how they affect the decisions that employees, consumers, and health plans must make. It also considers the implications of defined contribution models on tax policy, risk segmentation, and risk adjustment. The report is divided into the following sections: foreword; introduction; barriers to widespread adoption of defined contribution; actors in health coverage and the roles they play; defined contribution typology; implications of each model; and references. The report was produced for the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation's Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO) program.

Contact: AcademyHealth, 1150 17th Street, N.W., Suite 600, Washington, DC 20036, Telephone: (202) 292-6700 Fax: (202) 292-6800 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.academyhealth.org Available at no charge; also available from the website.

Keywords: Employee benefits, Employer initiatives, Health care financing, Health insurance, Models

Sing M, Hill S, Puffer L. 2001. Improving mental health insurance benefits without increasing costs. Rockville, MD: U.S. Center for Mental Health Services , 80 pp. (Special report)

Annotation: This report provides employee benefits managers and purchasers with guidance on how to purchase mental health insurance benefits that promote cost-effectiveness, access to treatment, and high-quality care. Sections include: mental disorders in the workplace: prevalence, impact and treatment; typical benefits packages for mental health treatment; improving mental health insurance benefit design; and mental health benefits packages that incorporate the design recommendations. The appendices provide information on a case study and advisors and consultants to the report. Tables throughout the report illustrate a variety of benefit package features.

Contact: U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane , Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: (877) SAMHSA-7 Secondary Telephone: (877) 726-4727 E-mail: Web Site: https://www.samhsa.gov Available at no charge; also available from the website. Document Number: DHHS SMA 03-3542.

Keywords: Access to health care, Cost effectiveness, Costs, Employee benefits, Employer initiatives, Health insurance, Health maintenance organizations, Mental health, Mental health services, Preferred provider organizations, Private sector

Washington Business Group on Health. 2000. Healthy families, healthy companies: Employer innovations in maternal and child health. Washington, DC: Washington Business Group on Health, 8 pp. (Family health in brief; issue no. 1)

Annotation: This issue brief updates and expands on the information in Washington Business Group on Health's 1996 publication Business, Babies, and the Bottom Line.

Contact: National Business Group on Health, 20 F Street, N.W., Suite 200, Washington, DC 20001-6700, Telephone: (202) 558-3000 Fax: (202) 628-9244 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.businessgrouphealth.org Available at no charge.

Keywords: Child health, Corporate programs, Cost effectiveness, Employee benefits, Employer initiatives, Infant health, MCH programs, Maternal health, Prenatal care, Worksite health promotion

Washington Business Group on Health. 2000. Promoting healthy pregnancies: Counseling and contraception as the first step. Washington, DC: Washington Business Group on Health, 8 pp. (Family health in brief; issue no. 3)

Annotation: This issue brief addresses the importance of family planning in women's health care, reasons employers should cover family planning services in their employee health insurance plans, and employer concerns.

Contact: National Business Group on Health, 20 F Street, N.W., Suite 200, Washington, DC 20001-6700, Telephone: (202) 558-3000 Fax: (202) 628-9244 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.businessgrouphealth.org Available at no charge.

Keywords: Contraception, Corporate programs, Cost effectiveness, Counseling, Employee benefits, Employer initiatives, Family planning, Health insurance, Infant health promotion, Pregnancy counseling, Women', Workplace health promotion, s health promotion

Washington Business Group on Health. 2000. Family health in brief. Washington, DC: Washington Business Group on Health, irregular.

Annotation: This set of briefing papers provides information for employers on topics of importance to their roles in providing health services to their employees. They are a part of a cooperative agreement called Partners for Information and Communications (PIC). Each issue includes a companion newsletter insert called Family Health Update which lists resources related to family health. Issues in the series cover (1) employer innovations in maternal and child health, (2) breastfeeding support at the workplace, and (3) promoting healthy pregnancies through contraception and counseling. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Business Group on Health, 20 F Street, N.W., Suite 200, Washington, DC 20001-6700, Telephone: (202) 558-3000 Fax: (202) 628-9244 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.businessgrouphealth.org Available at no charge.

Keywords: Breastfeeding, Child health, Corporate programs, Cost effectiveness, Employee benefits, Employer initiatives, Family health, Infant health, MCH programs, Maternal health, Model programs, Prenatal care, Worksite health promotion

Wallin HKM. 1997. The effects of maternal work choices and family-friendly employer policies on child outcomes. Washington, DC: Georgetown University, Georgetown Public Policy Institute, 50 pp.

Annotation: This paper discusses a research project on how the mother's working hours during the infant's first few months affect her infant's development by the age of four or five years. The study uses the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth for its data, and focuses on the effects of the timing of the return to work, the number of hours worked, and the presence of family-friendly policies in the workplace on children's behavior and home environment scores. The author makes recommendations about the effect of family-friendly policies on the employer, as well as on the mother and child.

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Available for loan.

Keywords: Early childhood development, Employee benefits, Employer initiatives, Infant development, Infant stimulation, Policy analysis, Socioeconomic status, Work family issues, Working hours, Working mothers, Working parents

Sher ML, Fried M. 1994. Child care options: A workplace initiative for the 21st century. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 197 pp.

Annotation: This book examines the business community's responsibility to provide child care for its employees and considers ways that that responsibility can be met. It provides an overview of the implications to the business, reviews various child care choices, and considers the following topics: legal issues, finances, designing child care facilities, and management. One chapter contains advice for small businesses. Appendices provide information on liability insurance carriers, current licensing offices, resources for playground equipment, and a list of resource organizations, among other types of information.

Keywords: Child care, Employee benefits, Employer initiatives, Facility design and construction, Financing, Legal issues, Management, Small businesses

Ferber MA, O'Farrell B, Allen LR, eds. 1991. Work and family: Policies for a changing work force. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 260 pp.

Annotation: This book examines the implications of the facts that more mothers work, that many of them have to, and that this compromises their ability to give their full attention to family care giving. The book presents the results of a study by the Panel on Employer Policies and Working Families of the National Research Council. This book examines current policies and programs within the context of economic conditions and public policies that affect employers' abilities to provide broader programs and suggests some outlines for future policies and programs. Specific topics considered include linkages between work and family, dependent care, child care, standard employee benefits, and new family-related benefits.

Contact: National Academies Press, 500 Fifth Street, N.W., Keck 360, Washington, DC 20001, Telephone: (202) 334-3313 Secondary Telephone: (888) 624-8373 Contact Phone: (800) 624-6242 Fax: (202) 334-2451 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.nap.edu Available in libraries. Document Number: ISBN 0-309-04277-1.

Keywords: Employee benefits, Employer initiatives, Policy analysis, Work family issues, Work force, Working mothers, Working parents