Through the professional expertise of the Boys and Girls Club of Escondido, California, CARE Boosters, a 3-year demonstration project, developed an employer-sponsored dependent day care system that provided small group care in home settings for children and the developmentally disabled. By linking family day care providers and other caregivers in the community with local businesses, the project demonstrated the feasibility of providing dependent care as a fringe benefit for employees. This document begins with an introduction that focuses on the background to the program, and the topics of employers as sponsors and CARE Boosters as a model. Issues discussed in the body of the work include: (1) the family day care provider's role in terms of licensing regulations, record keeping, taxes, insurance, quality resources, and food programs; (2) aspects of the CARE Boosters Network, including recruitment of CARE Boosters family day care providers, orientation, agreement between family day care home and CARE Boosters and between provider and parent, and resources for care of the elderly and the developmentally disabled; (3) public relations; and (4) promotional tools, surveys and other ways of marketing CARE Boosters to employers. Related materials, such as an employee survey, are included. (RH)