The team has developed two innovative recruitment tools as areas for further exploration. First, exploring pathways to provide childcare services to the families of public safety employees. Anecdotally, supervisors often hear that lack of appropriate childcare impacts employee decisions to call out from work, or more permanently leave the profession altogether. The provision of these services could greatly impact an employees’ ability to be available, both mentally and physically, for work assignments. 

Next, this initiative will look into increasing and improving educational incentives. Many first responders are motivated by the opportunity to learn new skills through training. The team envisions this might be accomplished by enhanced tuition reimbursement opportunities for employees and an educational leave benefit for use apart from one’s regular accruals.