PBS Reno Earns Best Place for Working Parents Designation
RENO, NV (APR 3, 2024) — PBS Reno has proudly earned a 2024 Best Place for Working Parents designation, which is given to businesses that are leading the way in family-friendly policies and practices to support employees, specifically working parents.
“PBS Reno is proud to be designated as a Best Place for Working Parents for the second year in a row,” said Brynne Kenney, PBS Reno Vice President of Administration. “It is very important to us to prioritize our staff’s wellness and to make sure they have what they need to be there for their families and to better juggle life in and outside of the office.”
“We are thrilled to welcome PBS Reno to the The Best Place for Working Parents national network,” said Sadie Funk, National Director of The Best Place for Working Parents. “Through policies like parental leave, backup childcare, and even welcoming infants at work, PBS Reno demonstrates a strong commitment to supporting their working parents through its robust policies and benefits. Recognizing the importance of balancing work responsibilities with family commitments, PBS Reno is a family-friendly employer that intentionally promotes proven to improve business performance while also making a positive impact on families.”
The Children’s Cabinet is the local liaison for the state of Nevada. They hold the regional Best Place for Working Parents (BP4WP) License which allows all Nevada businesses to access the BP4WP Assessment and opportunity to earn the BP4WP Designation. The Children’s Cabinet offers free support to businesses seeking to implement family-friendly work policies. Regardless of size, businesses can benefit from a complimentary consultation, guiding them through a 5-step process to devise a tailored plan that enhances employee support and competitively positions the business to attract new talent.
"We are excited to congratulate PBS Reno on their rebadging as a Best Place for Working Parents,” said Kim Young, CEO of The Children’s Cabinet. “At The Children’s Cabinet, we know that family-friendly policies are business-friendly. This designation not only creates environments where parents feel supported but also helps further our mission to keep children safe and families together. We thank PBS Reno for their dedication to their employees and our community.”
About PBS Reno
As of December 2023, PBS Reno is enjoyed by more than 288,000 monthly viewers in northern and central Nevada and northeastern California across several platforms including three broadcast channels (PBS Reno 5.1, Reno Create 5.2, and PBS KIDS on PBS Reno 5.3), a YouTube channel, YouTube TV, online, livestreams, and digital platforms. PBS Reno provides PBS national programming and award-earning, locally-produced content, with many local segments posted weekly to PBS Reno’s YouTube Channel. PBSReno.org provides engaging interactive content, including the video portal at watch.PBSReno.org that streams all locally-produced content and most PBS national content. PBS Reno serves students, teachers, parents and caregivers through immersive educational services including Curiosity Classroom Workshops that bring classroom lessons to life with standards-based lessons and activities. Through the support of local corporations and foundations, as well as thousands of individual members, PBS Reno has been delivering public television and educational services to the communities it serves since September 29, 1983.
About The Best Place for Working Parents®
The Best Place for Working Parents is a growing network of businesses across the U.S. dedicated to providing support for working parents through evidence-based strategies, proving that family-friendly is business-friendly. A public-private partnership, The Best Place for Working Parents offers a competitive designation that recognizes innovation across the top ten research-backed family-friendly policies that help working parent employees and boost employers’ bottom line. Businesses can qualify to become a Best Place for Working Parents business designation by taking the first-of-its-kind business online self-assessment. Learn more at bestplace4workingparents.com
About The Children’s Cabinet
Established in Reno in 1985, The Children’s Cabinet exists to keep children safe and families together by offering services and resources that address unmet needs. The organization represents a unique and effective collaboration between the private sector and public agencies in Nevada. The Children’s Cabinet helps more than 15,000 families annually with a wide range of services: basic needs, child care resources, education, work experience programs, crisis intervention, and family counseling. As a non-profit agency, The Children’s Cabinet relies on community support to provide programs and services at no charge to children and their families. Learn more at childrenscabinet.org
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Programming Hotline: programming@pbsreno.org
Phone: 775.600.0555
Address: 1670 N. Virginia St. • Reno NV 89503