About 54 percent of federal employees reported having either child or adult dependent care needs, or both, and about 19 percent of employees currently without dependent care needs expect to have them in the future, according to an analysis of survey results done by GAO. However, less than 10 percent of employees with children in care prior to first grade reported using federal child care centers, in many cases saying they could not because of lack of availability and the cost. Only 2 percent of employees are receiving dependent care benefit subsidies from their agencies and only 7 percent are using dependent care flexible spending accounts–either because they do not pay for such benefits, do not know about them or do not know how to use them.
Fedweek
Relatively Few Use Dependent Care Benefits
By: fedweek
