CorporateFamily Solutions News Briefs: June 1998.NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 12, 1998-- American Home For the American mortgage lender, see . The American Home is a center of intercultural exchange located in Vladimir, Russia. The home is designed to model a typical American suburban home and its main focus is the ESL school that provides lessons for Russian students. Products and CorporateFamily Solutions Offer Teens Summertime Solutions During the summer months, parents and their teenage children are faced with the "summer doldrums doldrums (dŏl`drəmz) or equatorial belt of calms, area around the earth centered slightly north of the equator between the two belts of trade winds. ," with teens out of school, and often, parents at work. To give teens a productive and fun way to spend the summer, CorporateFamily Solutions has teamed up with American Home Products in Madison, NJ, to offer a flexible summer program called "Summer Discovery" for teens between the ages of 13 and 16. Summer Discovery teens attend as many days a week as they want and choose from a variety of activities: learning career development skills through creating professional portfolios; writing newsletters or journals; visiting corporate offices; helping teach young children at the company's child care center; volunteering in community programs; taking group trips; and participating in sports, crafts and computer activities. CorporateFamily Solutions and William M. Mercer mer·cer n. Chiefly British A dealer in textiles, especially silks. [Middle English, from Old French mercier, trader, from merz, merchandise, from Latin merx to Conduct Groundbreaking Study In a strategic partnership, CorporateFamily Solutions and William M. Mercer, the leading benefits consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a , are conducting a study of the worklife initiatives of 5,000 U.S. companies with more than 500 employees for release in October. The study will allow CorporateFamily and Mercer to compile the first-of-its-kind national database on worklife programs and practices. Customized reports to participating companies will help them benchmark their practices with companies of similar size or in specific regions or industries. The study will be updated every two years to help companies stay abreast of best practices in the worklife arena over time. Eli Lilly and Company Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) is a global pharmaceutical company and one of the world's largest corporations. Eli Lilly's global headquarters is located in Indianapolis, Indiana, in the United States. and CorporateFamily Solutions Provide Alternative to On-Site Child Care Increasing numbers of companies are offering on-site child care to make their workplaces more family-friendly. Eli Lilly and Company and CorporateFamily Solutions have teamed up to provide an alternative approach to quality child care for Lilly employees in Greenfield, Indiana Greenfield is a city in Hancock County, Indiana, United States. The population was 14,600 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Hancock CountyGR6. Greenfield was a stop along the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. where the size of the employee base cannot justify an on-site center. Lilly is offering training and grants for equipment and other resources to help local child care providers enhance their services. While the Lilly Community Child Care Investment Initiative targets providers or potential providers of child care for Lilly employees in Greenfield Greenfield, town (1990 pop. 18,666), seat of Franklin co., NW Mass., at the confluence of the Deerfield and Green rivers, near their junction with the Connecticut; settled 1686, set off from Deerfield and inc. 1753. , grants and resources are available to anyone in the community providing or receiving child care. Grants typically range from $1,000 to $5,000. CorporateFamily Solutions (Nasdaq/NM: CFAM CFAM Cerebral Function Analysis Monitor CFAM Cash Flow After Marketing (costs; finance, accounting) CFAM Contingency Force Analysis Model (military simulation model) ) is a leading national provider of services for the corporate market that support families and business success. The company currently manages 100 employer-sponsored Family Centers for 74 corporate clients in 28 states and the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). . Among CorporateFamily's clients are many of the nation's leading companies, including 35 of the "Fortune 500" and 23 of the "100 Best Companies for Working Mothers," as recognized by Working Mother magazine.
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