KinderCare’s Champions Calls for Greater Access to Affordable After-School Care as Family Demand Grows
KinderCare's Champions before- and after-school brand is participating in Lights On Afterschool, a national advocacy initiative led by the Afterschool Alliance, calling for greater federal child care funding and expanded access to affordable out-of-school-time care. Champions operates on school grounds at more than 1,100 elementary and middle schools nationwide, and KinderCare cites its 2026 Parent Confidence Index, noting 81% of U.S. parents say being a parent means constantly thinking about child care gaps.
Key figures
- States served
- 42
- Centers and sites
- more than 2,700
- Ccdf school age share
- About 44%
- Champions school sites
- more than 1,100
- Parent confidence index stat
- 81% of U.S. parents
- Ccdf school age children monthly
- approximately 600,000
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