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Benefits For Employees With Children With Special Needs: Findings From The Collaborative Employee Benefit Study
James M. Perrin,
Christina F. Fluet,
Lynda Honberg,
Betsy Anderson,
Nora Wells,
Susan Epstein,
Deborah Allen,
Carol Tobias and
Karen A. Kuhlthau
Approximately 13–15 percent of U.S. children have special health care needs. The demands of their caregiving can affect their parents health and workplace performance. We interviewed forty-one U.S. employers and conducted focus groups with working parents in four U.S. cities to determine the extent to which employers understand the needs of these families and to identify opportunities for improving workplace benefits for these employees beyond health insurance. Employers saw value in improving workforce performance and employee retention through expanded benefits and indicated promising opportunities to improve their response to the needs of employees with children with chronic conditions.

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