Brian Klinefelter Memorial Foundation

The Brian Klinefelter Memorial Foundation seeks to develop partnerships with businesses that are interested in reviewing their current policies and implementing those which are supportive of families. Program Tool Kits to guide businesses through the change management methodology model will be available in Summer 2006. The Foundation also provides a brochure and presentation for organizations interested in learning more about the sources and consequences of work/life imbalance and family friendly workplaces as a community imperative.

David Klinefelter
President, Board of Trustees
1517 Pebble Creek Drive
Sartell, MN 56377
320-259-56377
www.growgreatkids.org

Career/Life Alliance Services
www.clalliance.com
1-800-736-6416

Career/Life Alliance Services, Inc. enables companies to succeed in their core business through its suite of innovative solutions for work-life effectiveness. CLAS has nearly 20 years of experience delivering child care and elder care resource and referral, on site and near site child care solutions, flexible work options planning and a wealth of communication strategies to improve employee commitment, recruitment, retention and workplace productivity.

Ceridian Corporation

Integrated EAP and Work-Life Service

www.ceridian.com

Offers a single, comprehensive employee-support program that is easy for employees to access, easy for you to manage, and extraordinarily rich in depth and expertise. Ceridian provides one source for support and a fully integrated work-life, employee assistance (EAP), and preventive health promotion program. This comprehensive offering enables us to help your employees with a wide range of topics including: financial, health and wellness, emotional well-being, addiction and recovery, work, legal issues, parenting and childcare, resources for older adults, education, and the everyday issues that consume busy people's time.

Children, Youth and Family Consortium (CYFC)
University of Minnesota
www.cyfc.umn.edu/welcome.html

CYFC provides extensive information on research, programs and publications relating to children, youth and family relationships and early childhood development. The site includes links to community programs and resources, a database of experts, and information on policy issues. The site includes an archive of columns (Growing Concerns) on a wide range of topics relating to parenting and children by national expert Dr. Martha Erickson. For that specific collection, see: www1.umn.edu/urelate/newsservice/gcarchive.html

Families and Work Institute
www.familiesandwork.org

Families and Work Institute is a non-profit center dedicated to providing research for living in today’s changing workplace, changing family and changing community. Since the institute was founded in 1989, our work has tackled issues in four major areas: the workforce and workplace; education, care and community; parenting; and, youth development. Free executive summaries of their major work-life studies are available for down load from the research & publications section on their web site.

Midwest Institute for Telecommuting Education (MITE)

www.mite.org 

MITE provides telework training and consulting to employers to assist them to implement competitive strategies that meet their bottom line. Expertise includes employment law and liability, start-up strategies, remote technology and office setup, supervisory practices, evaluation and productivity metrics, and the development of internal human resource policies. In 14 years of experience, MITE has developed a national customer base, serving over 12.000 employers through products, seminars and 1:1 coaching.

Jane Anderson, Director janderson@resource-mn.org

Minnesota Business for Early Learning (MnBEL)

www.mnbel.org

Minnesota Business for Early Learning (MnBEL) is a 200-member organization of CEO's, senior executives and business leaders representing more than 100 companies and organizations focused on the role of business in school readiness for pre-kindergarten children. MnBEL emphasizes awareness around early childhood development issues, promotes best practices in the workplace, and recruits business support for early childhood education. According to Al Stroucken, MnBEL Chairman, we are at a critical juncture to impact the future if we are to remain competitive in the world economy.

Minnesota Child Care Resource & Referral Network
www.mnchildcare.org
651-290-9704 ext. 116

The Minnesota Child Care Resource and Referral Network’s Business Partnership program is founded on the knowledge that any thriving economy depends upon quality child care. MN CCR&R partners with businesses to bring their work force the most comprehensive child care referral and support services available. Overwhelming data support that businesses that provide quick and easy access to child care information improve their bottom line, retain a skilled work force, increase productivity, and lower absenteeism and turnovers. For more information please contact, Terry Vasquez, Business Partnership Coordinator at: terryv@mnchildcare.org.

Programs for Working People

www.programsforworkingpeople.com/index.htm 

Boston-based, Programs for Working People is a nationwide provider of corporate work-life seminars that focus on a wide variety of work, personal, and family life issues. The menu of offerings includes seminars on stress management, health and wellness, work-life balance, effective communication, conflict resolution, positive relationships, financial planning, change management, positive parenting, elder caregiving, and retirement.

WFC Resources Inc.
www.wfcresources.com
800-487-7898

Minnesota-based WFC Resources, Inc. is the nation's only clearinghouse of work-life research, information, best practices and company experiences. Subscribers to the Work-Life Clearinghouse receive the monthly Work & Family Newsbrief and the Trend Report and can share the Manager's Quarterly with their management staff. They can search the subscriber's archives - 16 years of work-life history organized in more than 200 topics - and download valuable special reports. And they can call any time for personal help in managing the organization's work-life issues. It's all available for just $295 per year ($230 for e-mail only subscriptions). Applicants for the Minnesota Work-Life Champions Awards can subscribe for just $195.

The company also offers Web-based courses to help managers and staff work together to create a more flexible and supportive workplace, and two new courses to help the organization combat stress and create resiliency. For information go to www.wfcresources.com call 800-487-7898.

Winning Workplaces
www.winningworkplaces.org

Winning Workplaces is a non-profit providing information, training, consulting and easy-to-use, affordable tools to help small and midsize organizations create high-performance workplaces.  Information covers a range of practices including Work-Life.  More than 15 tool kits covering work-life topics are available for purchase, and many tool kits in their other topical areas have work-life implications as well.

Working Family Resource Center
www.workingfamilyresourcecenter.org
651-293-5330

The Working Family Resource Center (WFRC) provides educational workshops and seminars at business sites to assist employees and their families with work and home life issues to a wide range of employers across Minnesota. The center publishes Life Balance Digest, an award winning newsletter with information on parenting and families for employees. Life Balance Digest is a unique way for employers to provide information on personal, family, and consumer issues for their employees. WFRC is a business/educational partnership sponsored by the Saint Paul Public Schools.