Through the Parents Network, employees can exchange information and experiences on parenting questions and concerns, including providing personal experiences with specific resources when responding to a request for information. Each major Texas Instruments facility in the United States has a New Mothers Room designated for employees who are nursing their babies. The rooms have been used by hundreds of TI employees to express and store breast milk so they can continue to nurse their babies after they return to work from maternity leave. Each New Mothers Room is equipped with a comfortable chair, electric breast pump, telephone and work area. Most of the rooms have refrigerators, sinks and some include computers.
Employees can reserve times to use the facilities through an on-line log.
In 1995, TI received an award for the New Mothers Room program from the state of Texas which recognized the company for promoting infant health through breast feeding. Summer Time Kids Camp Texas Instruments holds a summer camp for employees' children at its Dallas headquarters fitness facility. The Summer Time Kids Camp, which started in 1995, served approximately 90 children, ages 5-11, in 1997. The camp is run by Corporate Family Solutions, a national corporate child care company. Some TI sites may offer similar programs.