KinderWait | Reduce the Wait for Child Care

Make managing wait lists convenient for agencies, child care providers, & families.

Finding quality child care continues to be a huge hurdle for families. Agencies and child care providers receive daily phone calls from those looking for subsidized child care slots. Our solution allows families to submit applications securely, online, on their own time. It also automatically determines family subsidy eligibility for agencies and child care providers — all within a single web-based platform.

KinderWait interfaces with CenterTrack, KinderSystems’ comprehensive online child care management solution. It also integrates with KinderTrack, KinderSystems’ complete child care subsidy management solution. Thanks to these integrations, information collected in KinderWait seamlessly carries over into your KinderSystems solution once families move from the waiting list into one of your programs.

Improve your families' experiences with KinderWait:

Spend less time on calls

Busy agencies don't have time to collect and process paperwork manually, determine eligibility, and find subsidized child care slots. Spend less time fielding phone calls and managing paper-based wait lists and help families find subsidized child care slots quickly.

Centralize eligibility lists

With KinderWait, you can centralize your subsidized child care eligibility lists in one secure, online location. Not only does this simplify the wait list process for all, it also reduces error and provides efficiency.

Easily manage wait lists

Better serve families with KinderWait, which provides a single wait list showing vacancies in all child care programs you serve. Your agency can easily view a list of families looking for care by region, while your child care providers can use KinderWait to manage to wait lists for their own programs.

Wait list management made easy.

How it works

Families can log onto KinderWait by registering with their regional or state agency. They complete their eligibility information and indicate the programs they are interested in, and that information is store within your KinderSystems solution. Families can enter their initial applications and maintain and update their application data at their convenience. Agencies using the system can always monitor client and applicant access and review changes and perform searches by zip code, family name, program type, and more.

Make child care program matches automatically

Using KinderWait, you can immediately view current child care provider openings and identify families eligible for slots in those programs. After you select a family for a particular program, you can export that data into third-party child care management systems. KinderWait even generates program approval and denial letters for you automatically.

Intuitive user interface & friendly customer support

Designed to be intuitive, KinderWait’s user interface and directory tree menu are easy to navigate. If you have questions, you can rely on our customer support to guide you. We also offer on-site and online training sessions, webinars, and project management services.

Comprehensive data management & reporting

KinderWait tracks every change your authorized users make in history tables, giving you a complete audit trail. At a glance, your agency can see who updated a record and when changes were made. Our solution’s powerful reporting options let you easily track the number of families currently on your waiting list, and can be exported to share with state and local governments. KinderWait includes all the forms and applications families need, with support for multiple languages.

Secure access for agencies, providers, & families

The data you store in KinderWait is secured by industry-standard encryption, as well as permission-based roles and logins. Your system administrators can grant rights to every user, and restrict access depending on a user’s role. This enables your agency to provide secure KinderWait access to staff, child care providers, and families.

An automated wait list solution used by state agencies throughout the US.

WE PROUDLY SERVE:

Head Start, Early Head Start, & Community Action agencies

States & territories served across North America

Agencies in
the State
of California

Simplify enrollment and manage wait lists securely