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Grow participation
Turn a benefit employees often overlook into one they understand, trust, and use.
Learn more → Dependent Care. Simplified.
Make dependent care work better. For your people. For your business.
DependentCares helps employers make dependent care benefits easier to use—while creating meaningful payroll tax savings. Our planned Caregiver Network brings care providers into the experience, too.
✓ Built by benefits experts✓ Designed for working families
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Care that works for familiesClarity, confidence, and less to manage
ILLUSTRATIVE GROSS TAX SAVINGS$22,950↗ A better benefit can create business value, too.
Illustration: 60 participants × $5,000 (average annual deferral) × 7.65%, before fees. Assumes contributions reduce both employer Social Security and Medicare taxes. Actual savings may be lower.
Designed around your existing benefits processEnrollmentPayrollClaimsReporting
The Caregiver Network
In developmentLess paperwork for parents.
More support for caregivers.
A dependent care benefit should connect the people who make care possible. Our Caregiver Network is designed to bring employers, working parents, and care providers into one coordinated experience.
Participating daycare and aftercare providers will be able to submit bills and supporting documents for linked parents in an employer’s DCA plan—taking routine claim paperwork off the parent’s plate.
Explore the Caregiver Network → Care that gives back
1%
A year-end donation to the care provider.
Participating providers receive 1% of their claims actually reimbursed through DependentCares. We fund the year-end donation from our 3% administration fee.
Employers pay a flat 3% of employee deferrals. The provider donation adds no employer charge and does not reduce the parent’s reimbursement.
Payroll records, organized
Bring elections, deductions, and claims together.
Keep your existing enrollment and payroll process. Import election and deduction files into DependentCares, review the records, and use them to support claims administration.
01Import your recordsUpload CSV exports from your enrollment and payroll systems.
02Review before postingMap columns, check amounts, and resolve flagged records.
03Track account activityView posted deductions, claim decisions, and reimbursement records.
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ADMINISTRATION WORKFLOWCSV import review
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REVIEW BEFORE POSTINGYour records. One clear view.An administrator confirms each import.
Your systemsElection + deduction files
→DependentCaresReview + administration
IMPORT CONTROLSValidation + duplicate checks
POSTINGAdministrator review
✓Your existing systems stay part of the process.File imports support administration. Reimbursements are sent through your agreed payment process and recorded in DependentCares.
Outcomes that matter
One benefit. Value across the organization.
Make dependent care simpler for employees, lighter for HR, and more valuable for the business.
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Create payroll savings
Each eligible pre-tax contribution can reduce the employer’s taxable payroll.
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Take work off HR’s plate
Bring election records, claims, supporting documents, and account activity into one administrative workspace.
Learn more → The DependentCares difference
Less paperwork. More room for what matters.
Working families already carry enough. We bring the moving pieces together in one coordinated experience—so employees feel supported and HR spends less time chasing forms and answers.
Explore the platform →01
Import
Bring election and payroll records into a reviewed workflow.
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Educate
Plain-language guidance helps employees see the real value.
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Review
Employees submit receipts and administrators review claims.
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Track
See contributions, claim decisions, and recorded reimbursements.
One flat employer fee
3% for employers.
1% back to care.
Employers pay a flat 3% of employee deferrals, with no flat PEPM fee. Through the planned Caregiver Network, DependentCares funds a year-end donation equal to 1% of claims actually reimbursed for participating providers who submit bills through the platform. The donation comes from our fee, with no additional charge to employers or reduction in parent reimbursements.
One employer fee. More support for the people providing care.Illustrate your savings$300,000estimated annual employee deferrals
Adjust for your workforce. Some deferrals may reduce only Medicare-taxable wages, or produce no employer payroll tax savings.
Illustrative employer FICA savings7.65% of deferrals
$22,950DependentCares administrationFlat 3% of deferrals
− $9,000Illustrative savings retained4.65% of deferrals, after the flat 3% fee
$13,9507.65% illustrative savings−3.00% employer fee=4.65% retained
Funded from our fee
$1,500Illustrative year-end provider donation
1% of claims actually reimbursed for participating providers who submit through DependentCares.
Paid by DependentCares from the administration fee above. No additional employer charge. Parent reimbursements stay whole. The Caregiver Network is in development.
The network illustration assumes the share of annual deferrals you select is reimbursed through the network. The provider donation is funded by DependentCares from its 3% fee and is based on amounts paid, not approvals or elections. Changing network participation does not change the employer fee. The calculator starts with an assumed 7.65% employer tax rate; adjust it to reflect your workforce. Actual savings vary based on employee wages, the Social Security wage base, plan eligibility, tax treatment, and other factors. Savings may be less than the administration fee. Final pricing and services are confirmed in your agreement. See IRS Publication 15 and IRS Publication 15-B. This illustration is educational and is not tax or legal advice.
A clearer experience
Help people understand and use their benefit.
Education, supporting documents, claim review, and account records belong in one understandable experience.
Explore DCFSA basics →2026 FEDERAL DCA EXCLUSION$7,500
Eligible employees can generally exclude up to $7,500 of dependent care assistance from federal income, or $3,750 if married filing separately. Earned-income rules, eligibility requirements, and employer plan limits can reduce the available amount.
View IRS guidance ↗ Employee / parent portal
A clearer view for every family.
Parents can see what they’ve contributed, what is available, and where each claim stands. Approved amounts remain visible as reimbursements are prepared in installments from actual contributions.
- Understand available and reserved funds
- Submit receipts and follow claim status
Actual parent account view in the administrator’s sample workspace. All participant and financial records shown are demonstration data.
Ready when you are
Private pilot · Now onboarding employers for 2027 implementations.
Make dependent care work better.
See how DependentCares can support your people and strengthen your benefits strategy.