KinderCare Learning Centers and Champions Before and After-School Programs

KinderCare Learning Centers and Champions Before and After-School Programs are part of KinderCare Education, an experience-based provider of early education and child care. KinderCare Learning Centers offer early childhood education and child care, and Champions programs provide before and after-school programs in local schools. KinderCare Education at Work provides family-focused benefits for employers, including on-site and near-site early learning centers and backup care for last-minute child care.

• Ages: 0–12 years old

For nearly 50 years, KinderCare Education has provided early education and child care. KinderCare Education operates more than 1,300 early learning centers and more than 500 Champions sites, serving 170,000 families every day. The organization has more than 32,000 employees, including more than 27,600 teachers, and is supported by a corporate team of nearly 500 headquarters employees based in Portland, Oregon. In 2018, KinderCare Education earned its second Gallup Great Workplace Award, one of only 39 companies worldwide to receive this award. The leadership team includes Dr. Elanna Yalow, Chief Academic Officer of KinderCare Education, and Wei-Li Chong, President of KinderCare Learning Centers and KinderCare Education at Work. KinderCare hosted a national Open House on Saturday, July 21, 2018, in select centers across the U.S. Customer Care is available Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific time at (888) 525-2780. The Accounts Payable Vendor Hotline is 1-800-214-1607, with email at [email protected]. Media inquiries can be sent to [email protected], and acquisitions inquiries can be sent to [email protected].

Last updated March 18, 2026.