At Care.com, we put our members first, providing valuable tools and resources to help families find care and caregivers find jobs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Though we were fully prepared to litigate for the next several years if necessary and confident in our position, we decided to enter into an agreement with the FTC to resolve this matter now and keep our focus on helping our customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This settlement is in no way a validation of the FTC\u2019s claims.<\/strong> <\/strong>In fact, the settlement requires no material change in how Care.com serves those who use its platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At a time when the care economy is under assault, when families are draining their savings to afford child care, when caregivers are leaving the profession and when our growing senior population is facing astronomical long term care costs, it is disappointing that the FTC has chosen to attack trusted businesses who are part of the solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We have been in business nearly 20 years, available in every state and every town in America. That kind of longevity and scale comes from putting customers first every day; helping millions of families access the care they need and connecting millions of caregivers with meaningful, well-paying jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In response to the FTC\u2019s misleading press release, we wanted to clarify a few facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Given the care crisis in America, we believe our collective energy as a country should be on solutions, not nitpicking attacks. Care.com intends to keep our focus on what matters: American families and the hardworking caregivers who support them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"enable_toc":false,"care_post_updated_flag":false,"care_updated_date":"","last_update":"","footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n