Care.com Introduces Spending Accounts to Help Employers Mitigate the Cost of Care for Employees
May 22 2024 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
Care.com, the world’s largest online platform for finding and
managing family care, today announced a Care Spending Account
product that gives employers a flexible solution to financially
support their employees with the ongoing costs of care, whether for
children, seniors, pets or themselves. Offered through Care for
Business, the Company’s enterprise segment, the product joins an
existing portfolio of workplace solutions which include premium
Care.com memberships, subsidized backup care for children and
adults, care specialists, discounts on everyday essentials and
more.
The Care Spending Account will enable employers to make a
monthly or annual lump sum contribution to each employee’s care
expenses. Employers will have the flexibility to determine which
categories of care are covered by the Care Spending Account
funds.
The development of this new product reflects the growing
recognition that working families cannot function without care and
the growing reality that they are looking to their employers for
help shouldering the costs. Care.com’s 2024 Future of Benefits
Report released earlier this year underscored these trends among
employees: cash subsidies for care were the second most wanted
family care benefit overall and 30% ranked the benefit as their top
choice among the family care benefits not currently offered to them
but would be used if available.
In making the announcement, Brad Wilson, CEO of Care.com, said,
“Conversations about the cost of care have moved from the living
room to the conference room. Across industries employers are
looking for ways to make care more accessible and affordable for
their employees and they are looking for holistic solutions that
allow them to support their full workforce. The introduction of the
Care Spending Account product is a natural expansion of our suite
of family care benefits, among the most comprehensive in the
industry. Benefits carrier consolidation is the buzz phrase we are
hearing from HR leaders, and we are thrilled to offer our clients
an end-to-end solution.”
The Care Spending Account product will be powered by First
Dollar, a technology company that provides flexible infrastructure
for health spending benefits.
About Care.com and Care for Business: Available in 21
countries, Care.com is the largest online platform for finding and
managing family care, spanning in-home and in-center care
solutions. Since 2007, families have relied on Care.com for an
array of care for children, seniors, pets, and the home. Designed
to meet the evolving needs of today’s families and caregivers, the
Company also offers customized corporate benefits packages to
support working families at more than 700 global clients, household
tax and payroll services, and innovations for caregivers to find
and book jobs. Care.com is an IAC company (NASDAQ: IAC).
Care for Business offers the most comprehensive suite of
employer-sponsored family care benefits to global businesses,
including many of the Fortune 500. Its solutions are designed to
help solve today’s most disruptive caregiving challenges: finding
care, affording care, and navigating the challenges of caring for
loved ones.
About First Dollar: First Dollar is a technology company
that builds flexible infrastructure for health spending benefits.
Innovative organizations—from TPAs to banks—use First Dollar’s
suite of software tools and APIs to launch and manage lifestyle
benefits, pre-tax accounts (FSAs, HRAs, HSAs), rewards programs,
and supplemental benefits. First Dollar’s Benefit Suite includes
the Health Wallet for members, the Health Wallet Manager for
administrators, and the Health Wallet Platform for partners. First
Dollar is based in Austin, Texas, with teammates throughout the
United States.
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For Care.com Natasha Fellion Manager, Public Relations
Natasha.Fellion@care.com
For First Dollar Kayla Gross VP, Marketing
kgross@firstdollar.com
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