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Employer-Sponsored Priority Access to Child Care

trophy iconSupport your working families with priority waitlists and dedicated spaces at our child care centers.

The demand for child care is rising, which means waitlists are long. Your employees don’t have to go out of their way to find quality child care.

With priority access benefits like priority waitlist and dedicated space at over 1,400 KinderCare centers in 40 states, you’ll ensure your working families have access to the best care.

Dedicated Space

Provide your employees with automatic access to a spot at a KinderCare Learning Center for full-time, drop-in, or last-minute child care.

Priority Waitlist

Give your working parents first dibs at the KinderCare Learning Centers of your choice, even if there’s a wait.

When you provide families with access to quality child care in a location convenient to their lives, you make it easier for them to integrate work with life. Your organization will share in the benefits through more productive and engaged working parents.

Contact us to find the perfect flexible child care benefits to support working families at your organization. We’ll be in touch within 48 hours.

Help your workforce thrive.







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Show that family matters

More than half of parents say that child care is a top three reason to stay at their current job. For Gen Z, it’s the #1 factor in job loyalty.

Source: Harris Poll, 2024
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Retain talent with ease

Supporting employees with child care costs reduces turnover by as much as 60%.

Best Place For Working Parents, 2023
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Access to quality child care

6 in 10 parents believe it is becoming increasingly hard to secure high-quality child care in their community. 

Source: Harris Poll, 2024

How does a child care benefits package work?

Our suite of child care benefits is flexible, customizable, and scalable. Priority access to care provides two offerings within that package. Here’s how it works.


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Request a consultation

First things first: We want to hear from you. We’ll take some time to get to know your workforce and their unique needs. Afterward, you’ll receive recommendations for the best solutions to meet your objectives.

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Collaborate on a personalized child care benefits package

We will help you shape the child care benefits package that best fits the needs of your working families, including the priority access options you’ll offer to your employees.

Customized combinations of tuition savings, back-up care days, dedicated space, and priority waitlist at KinderCare Learning Centers help you meet your employees with quality, accredited child care in the communities they call home.

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Receive ongoing support

We’re here to become your trusted partner for questions, support, and continued communications to help you get the word out to your employees.

Beyond the benefits rollout, you can count on us to provide marketing support and ongoing reporting. We’ll share how much your families are using the benefit and provide recommendations for expanding or adjusting your benefits for the future of your growing workforce.

Learn how employers support their working families.

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TJU Case Study

TJU

See how Thomas Jefferson University used KinderCare’s needs assessment survey to find the child care benefits their workforce needed.

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HR Leaders

HR Leaders

Read responses from nearly 400 U.S. organizations on how employers are supporting their employees’ transition to parenthood.

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