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KinderSystems

Wait list and eligibility management software for government child care agencies, including subsidy programs and family matching.

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Overview

KinderSystems sells wait list and eligibility management software to government child care agencies, Head Start programs and subsidy programs, configured per agency and priced by contacting the vendor, with no published prices.

KinderSystems sells wait list and eligibility management software to government child care agencies, listed in the childcare enrollment category. The company is KinderSystems, Inc., headquartered in California with another office in Missouri. Its history page dates the company to 1993, when it was founded as Controltec, and the KinderWait wait list solution to 1997. The company was renamed KinderSystems in 2022.

The wait list page names CARE by KinderSystems for California, CenterTrack and KinderWait. KinderWait lets families submit applications securely online and determines subsidy eligibility within a single web-based platform. Online enrollment pages describe COPA, CARE and FamilyCentral portals where families apply and upload supporting documents, and FamilyCentral is stated to interface with the KinderWait centralized eligibility system. On-demand, customizable reports are described on the audits and reporting page. Configurable priority or sibling rules, and application fee collection, are not described in the pages read; a Family Fee Billing solution bills family copays.

Pricing is not published. There is no pricing page, product pages end with an invitation to talk to the team, and the vendor says it will configure the solution for each agency. A master license and services agreement PDF is linked from the footer. No integrations are recorded, though bridges to provider child care management systems are mentioned.

What the data shows

Update activity: Unknown. No app-store listing or changelog was found. The latest history item is dated 2023.
Market presence: Established. The domain, registered in 2021, is not in the Tranco top 1M, and Chrome UX Report field data is present. The company itself dates to 1993.
Buying style: Sales-led. No public pricing; book a demo for pricing.
No status page was found, and the terms and compliance pages were last revised in April 2023.
Compliance wording: HIPAA, FISMA, NIST 800-53 Rev. 5 and FERPA on the wait list page; SOC 2 on the home page only. No HIPAA business associate agreement is recorded.

Pricing

Starting price: Book a demo for pricing
Free plan: No free plan listed
Free trial: No free trial listed
Buying style: Sales-led
Contract: Not stated

Features

Feature	Supported	Source
Join the waitlist remotely	Yes	source
Analytics & reporting	Yes	source
Online enrollment forms	Yes	source

Who it's for

Best for

State or regional agencies running subsidy-linked waitlists and family eligibility determination source
Agencies that want families to apply online with supporting documents source

Not ideal for

Single centers wanting a self-serve waitlist, since the product is sold to agencies and requires contacting the team source
Buyers who need to see prices first, since none are published source

Pros and cons

Pros

KinderWait lets families submit applications online and determines subsidy eligibility source
On-demand reports can be customized to an agency's or state's needs source
Vendor history dates to 1993, and the KinderWait product to 1997 source
Vendor states compliance with HIPAA, FISMA, NIST 800-53 Rev. 5 and FERPA requirements source

Cons

No pricing page exists, and pricing requires talking to the team source
No changelog or app-store data was found source
SOC 2 appears as a claim on the home page only, with no report or attestation page source

Update activity and company

Update activity: Unknown
No app store or changelog data found
Market presence: Established
Not in the Tranco top 1M
Has Chrome UX Report field data
Domain registered 2021
Buying style: Sales-led
No public pricing: book a demo for pricing

How these labels are calculated

Company and platform

Website: kindersystems.com
Founded: 1993
Headquarters: US
SOC 2: Claimed by vendor (source)
Domain registered: 2021

Frequently asked questions

How much does KinderSystems cost?

No price is published. The vendor pages end with an invitation to talk to the team, and the product is configured for each agency.

Who buys KinderSystems?

The pages name child care agencies, Head Start and early childhood agencies, and state programs such as California agencies. It is not presented as a product for individual centers.

Does it determine subsidy eligibility?

Yes. The KinderWait description says it automatically determines family subsidy eligibility for agencies and providers within one web-based platform.

Is it SOC 2 certified?

The home page names SOC 2 among compliance claims, but no report or attestation page was found, so the claim is recorded as stated and not as verified.

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