CUSTOMER SUCCESS STORY

How Balanced Family Academy keeps full-time enrollment at 95-98% — then earns more from eligible unused days

CareDay helps BFA reserve future enrollment, keep classrooms fuller, and turns eligible unused days into additional revenue.

95–98%

FULL-TIME ENROLLMENT

3,982

ADDITIONAL DAYS SOLD

$278,212

COLLECTED IN 12 MONTHS

CUSTOMER PROFILE

Built for high-quality,
multi-location childcare

Balanced Family Academy operates multiple primarily private-pay childcare centers with strong family retention, consistent classroom pricing, and a mix of full-time and part-time enrollment

Why CareDay Fits

Multiple childcare locations
Primarily private-pay families
Consistent tuition rates by classroom
Children typically remain enrolled and advance through rooms
Future families reserve well before their start dates
Part-time schedules create eligible days that can be resold

When children are more likely to stay than leave, a living schedule turns future enrollment into a plan — not a guess

THE CHALLENGE

Staying full today wasn’t enough. BFA needed to see what was coming.

With multiple locations, classrooms, age groups, and future transitions, a center can appear full today while openings are already forming months ahead.

Spreadsheets and point-in-time enrollment reports couldn’t reliably show where every child would move—or exactly when the next seat would become available.

Room transitions continually change future capacity.
Expecting and waitlisted families need answers long before care begins.
Discovering an opening too late leaves too little time to market and fill it.

BFA needed one living schedule that could carry every child through every future room and revel openings early enough to reserve them.

THE SOLUTION

One living schedule turned future enrollment into an operating plan.

CareDay schedules each child from their first day through every future classroom and program.

As children age, transition, or change schedules, BFA can immediately see how those changes affect future capacity.

Instead of waiting for a vacancy to appear, BFA can reserve the family before the opening occurs.

Plan Every Transition

Map each child’s expected journey through every future room and program.

Reveal Future Openings

See exactly when capacity will become available—months or years before the seat opens.

Reserve Families Earlier

Place expecting and waitlisted families into future openings while they are ready to commit.

THE FIRST RESULT

BFA moved full-time enrollment into the 95–98% range.

CareDay schedules each child from their first day through every future classroom and program.

As children age, transition, or change schedules, BFA can immediately see how those changes affect future capacity.

95 - 98%
FULL-TIME ENROLLMENT
We looked at other software pretty heavily, but none could match CareDay. In six months, our full-time enrollment jumped from 72% to 98%.
Sarah F., CEO of Balanced Family Academy
Sarah F.
CEO, Balanced Family Academy

THE SECOND RESULT

BFA turned eligible unused days into additional revenue

Once recurring enrollment was protected, CareDay made eligible openings available to part-time families who needed extra care.

Sell the open day without changing the child’s recurring schedule.

BFA additional care days sold and collected revenue over 12 months.
CareDay parent app showing available days a family can book.
3,982
ADDITIONAL DAYS SOLD
$278,212
COLLECTED IN 12 MONTHS

SEE WHAT YOUR CENTERS COULD CAPTURE

Protect future enrollment.

Fill more eligible days.

See how CareDay’s living schedule can help your organization reserve families earlier, uncover future openings, and generate more revenue from the capacity you already have.

Built for high-quality, multi-location childcare operators.