In the Computer Age a number of problems have been encountered by Silicon Valley residents. The City and Suburban citizens are being subject to new stresses in response to the growth of the Computer software and Technology Industry.

Finding adequate childcare has become increasingly difficult in the bay area. Population Increase In all the metropolitan and suburban areas of the East and West bay, Peninsula and Santa Clara Valley have made finding services such as childcare difficult. Two Silicon Valley businesspersons faced with this problem came up with an Innovative solution. Out of their frustrations with the usual time, consuming methods of finding good day care for their own children has a new concept embodied in their company, DayCare Video.

In April of 1986 three South Bay professionals Richard, Scott and Howard have come up with a unique answer to finding quality childcare. They had experienced the time consuming experience of looking for it for their own children. They had looked for it individually, going to many different homes and centers. One day he and his friends sitting around talking about their problems decided collectively there must be a better way. In the discussion of solutions, it was confirmed that the available technologies were not being efficiently used to eliminate the time consuming process of having to go from one childcare provider to another. They believed that it would be much more efficient if parents who were busy professionals could go to one location and view slides or videos of available childcare providers.

The team believed that if local childcare providers could be presented this way, parents could then have an opportunity to select those specific providers they felt could meet their requirements. This would give them an immense break of time and expense from having to phone, drive and interview providers all over the East, West and South Bay areas. Richard, Howard and Scott took their idea and have made it into a practical business. DayCare Video will look to have an extensive and growing list of area childcare providers on videotape. Subscribers to their service can make an appointment with them and have them come to your home or business and show you videos of the providers.

These videos show facilities locations, give information on programs and discuss the philosophy of the different services DayCare Video answers questions and makes referrals to those childcare providers that their clients are interested in.

This service has proven itself very popular with the more progressive employers. They have been signing contracts with Day Care Video to make them part of their employee benefit package. Employers find  that this is a very popular part of the packages for new employees who come from other cities and areas. Many employees coming to the area with their families use this service for its cost effectiveness. Established employees starting new families find it very useful for locating services. This benefit also helps the employer by reducing the amount of time employees are away from the work place finding childcare services. Lost man-hour's can seriously affect the efficiency of companies.

Using DayCare Video's services can be one of the ways in which employers can reduce employee absenteeism. Contracting the services of DayCare Video gives the employer a progressive image, one that enhances its stature, in an era where employees through their unions and other organizations like the National Organization for Women have emphasized employers to be more responsiveness to the childcare problem.