KinderCare
Welcome to Your UW Family Benefit Page!
We're thrilled to partner with UW to offer child and family care benefits to employees and their children from six weeks to 12 years old. Discover all the details here.
UPDATE: Effective January 1st, 2024 the Back-up Care benefit will no longer be available for UW families.
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It’s more than daycare, it’s KinderCare!
Our early learning programs put education first, even for the tiniest babies, because every adorable coo, crawl, and creation is proof that your little one is ready to build confidence for life.
With twice as many learning centers as the next largest provider, we’re the nationwide leader in early childhood education, providing:
- Leading health and safety protocols
- Flexible full- and part-time scheduling**
- Convenient locations in your neighborhood
- Streamlined communication with our KinderCare App
- Expert teachers who care
- Nutritious snacks and meals
- Age-appropriate classrooms and activities that nurture your child’s academic, physical, and social-emotional development
No matter your child’s age or where they are on their educational journey, they will be engaged in learning experiences that meet them where they are.
Learn More About KinderCare
Champions programs care for students during out-of-school time, on school grounds.
Our extended-day learning programs for K–6th graders are conveniently located right at school—which means one less pick-up and drop-off for you! We have over 500 safe, fun, flexible, and convenient locations serving hardworking families like yours.
Your Child Care Benefits
Your Tuition Benefit
If you have a child ages 6 weeks to 12 years old,** UW provides a 10% savings on full-time, part-time, and drop-in tuition at either KinderCare centers near you, or with Champions extended-day learning programs at participating schools in the Central Kitsap, Federal Way, Kent, Northshore, and Tacoma school districts. All you have to do is present proof of employment or enrollment at UW to the Center Director at the time of enrollment! This offer is available to new families as well as those already enrolled in a participating center. Find your location, and get the routine, stability, and peace of mind you need.
Contact us at (888) 525-2780 with enrollment and tuition inquiries.
Priority Access
Priority Waitlist allows UW faculty, staff, and students like yourself to enroll ahead of other community families at the following KinderCare locations: Northgate KinderCare, Yarrow Bay KinderCare, Woodinville KinderCare, Bothell KinderCare, Harbour Point KinderCare, Wallingford KinderCare, and South Seattle KinderCare. If there are no spaces available at the time you’d like to enroll, there’s room for your family on the waitlist.
Accessing Your Benefits
Tuition Benefit Savings Guide
- Search for a center or site that is near you using the Search box above.
- Schedule a tour of the center or site online or by phone with the center information provided.
- When you enroll (or if you're already enrolled), let your Center Director know you are affiliated with UW and that you are eligible for a 10% tuition benefit.
- Your Center Director will apply the discount on your next billing cycle.
Priority Access
Priority Access allows UW faculty, staff, and students to enroll ahead of other community families at the locations listed above. If there is not space available at the time you wish to enroll, you may be put on a waitlist. When space becomes available, families will be invited to enroll in the following order:
- Families with currently enrolled children transitioning into the next age group and/or their siblings
- UW faculty, staff, and students
- All other community families