Taco Bell
1 Glen Bell Way
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Irvine, CA 92618
DATE: October 29, 2015
TO: Laurie Gannon, Public Relations Director
COPY: Potential Options Regarding Changes for Current On-Site Child Care Facility
FROM: Adan Toledo, Senior Taco Bell Manager (Phone 504-259-8220)
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SUBJECT: CHILD CARE POTENTIAL FACILITY CHANGES

Background

Child care assistance has become a family issue employers are facing after a Hudson Institute study revealing over two-thirds of working-age women have entered the workforce since 2002. Providing child care facilities for employees is often seen as social responsibility, but U.S. government funding does not exist for this sector.

After purchasing Nyloncraft, Inc. in 1988, Excel Industries, Inc. also became owners of the innovative Learning Center daycare facility. With a large number of female workers and family men, the twenty-four hour daycare was intended to reduce turnover, absenteeism, and tardiness of parent workers.

The Learning Center’s annual budget was in excess of $400,000 for the original 162 employee children. In July 1988, enrollment to the child care facility was extended to the community with substantial tuition discounts offered to all employed parents. Employee and community approval of the company grew because of this expansion, as did financial strain. With no buyer for the Learning Center, a decision must be made on how to cut or eliminate expenses burdened by the facility.

Discussion
The Learning Center provides exceptional educational activities and meals for enrolled children and the twenty-four hour availability increases flexibility of work hours for parents. The practicality of the facility justified excessive cost when a large percentage of children in the facility, 162 enrolled at one point. However, once the