The TWIGA foundation is a consulting group in Bosie, Idaho which is "dedicated to being a voice for family consciousness to strengthen each individual's commitment to themselves, their family, their work-life, and their community". They seem to have many affiliations and programs, from "Block Fest", basically an advertisement for a kit which helps families teach their children cause and effect, and basic logic, math, and science skills, to affiliations with "Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free Foundation" and the "Alfred P. Sloan Foundation". They basically thrive on the consulting services offered to businesses who desire to be more family friendly and offer more flexibility in the employee's work schedules. This foundation can basically be hired by companies to help them become more family-friendly by measuring their employees needs and the company's needs, helping establish telecommuting employee programs, health and wellness programs, etc. Apparently "twiga" is Swahili for giraffe, their mascot of sorts, because giraffes apparently "are keenly aware of and protective of their young", "have the largest hearts of all land mammals", and "are the tallest animals in the world and exemplify great vision". The website is really very attractive and well-laid out and appears welcoming, friendly, and trusting. At first, I found it difficult to find out exactly what they "do", because there is so much "warm and fuzzy" information about helping families and promoting healthy, balanced lifestyles that I wasn't sure how the foundation was really accomplishing until I noticed the "Consulting Services" tab. The website is definitely intended for employers, and the foundation basically pulls together resources from here and there to provide consulting services for these employers/companies. While it sounds like a nice concept, honestly, if I were an employer I probably wouldn't be too interested in paying for their servi

Too long again... here is the rest: While it sounds like a nice concept, honestly, if I were an employer I probably wouldn't be too interested in paying for their services because it really seems like a few people with business management degrees spent some time pulling together other foundation's resources and partnered with many others and probably charge a lot of money to do some testing/polling and provide recommendations.

Care.com is an excellent resource that I personally have used for years and have referred many people to. Basically, care.com is a website which helps families find and hire caretakers of all kinds: nannies, babysitters, last minute back-up childcare, elderly care, pet sitters, special needs care, housekeeping, and even "care gigs" which might include help with errands like grocery shopping or other random help. Of course, this means job opportunities for those being hired as well. Users report that the candidates found through the website are generally higher-quality candidates than those found through agencies because there is a wider base. Anyone can join care.com for free! Families and caregivers can create profiles and post jobs. Background checks can be purchased through the website either by caregivers or by families who are interested in hiring a caregiver who has not purchased a background check. Caregivers can upgrade their profiles for $20 a month which enables them to actually contact families about jobs based on their profiles before the families even post a job, and the caregivers can then also post about their desired job and even be featured as a "featured area caregiver" in search results. There are also articles about hiring a caregiver/finding a care job, and hotlines to call for advice. Also, there is a branch of care.com called "workplace solutions" for companies which hire care.com to help them meet their employees care needs by offering custom-designed websites, seminars, and other help to easily connect caregivers with employees of that company. Care.com reports that "as a result of using the care.com employee benefit" there are shown to be advantages such as: "92% of employees can focus better at work with their family's care needs met", "More than 91% feel more positively regarding their employer", and "More than 60% have been able to improve their focus and work more hours". A few of the companies listed as us

I guess my post was too long, it was cut off, here is the rest: A few of the companies listed as using care.com workplace solutions include Hallmark, Google, Michigan State University, Santa Clara University, Disney publishing, and facebook. Personally, I have spent the last year providing care from my own home for children of families that I met through care.com. Care.com provides a great resource for families, helping them to find quality child care at a rate they can agree on with the caretaker. It helps companies because when employees have their care needs met, they are less distracted at work and their home-work transitions are smoother with reliable childcare. It provides families with options more flexible than daycare, because they have the ability to post a job asking a caregiver to work exactly the hours that they need the most, even if that means third shift. Care.com is not responsible for any under-qualified caregiver because members have to recognize that care.com is not responsible for this when they sign up. I feel that care.com is a very credible website. They are not non-profit, but make profits from background checks, premium memberships, and partnerships with companies through their workplace solutions program. Care.com does not seem to have any sponsors, they only advertise for their own services.

I forgot to mention that you can find a tutor through care.com, or of course seek a tutoring job.