Home Away From Home

What Home Away From Home does

Home Away From Home is a Florida-based, founder-owned provider of licensed childcare and early education services operating seven physical centers across Broward and Palm Beach Counties (Pembroke Pines, Palm Beach Gardens, Palm Springs, Wellington, West Palm Beach, Royal Palm Beach, and Boynton Beach). The company serves working parents with children from six weeks old through approximately age ten, offering six core programs: Infant, Toddler, Preschool 2's-3's, Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten (VPK), Aftercare (with elementary school pickup), and Summer Camp. Operations have been continuous since 2001 under the leadership of founder Larissa Silva, with no disclosed institutional investment, parent company, or subsidiary structure.

The core technology stack is operationally focused rather than differentiated: each center is equipped with a live webcam system that streams classroom activity to parents, magnetic keypad entry/exit systems for child safety, and classroom desktops used for early keyboard and mouse instruction. Curriculum offerings include a Montessori track at the Palm Beach Gardens location alongside standard age-based programming. The company maintains Florida state childcare licensing (e.g., License #50242 at Pembroke Pines) and participates in the state-funded VPK program.

The business model is direct-to-consumer private-pay tuition billed monthly, with a non-refundable registration fee and flexible payment options. Customer acquisition is driven by in-person facility tours, phone inquiries, online enrollment forms, and a content-marketing blog covering childcare and parenting topics. Revenue is concentrated in South Florida household spending on childcare services, and the company operates entirely without disclosed funding, M&A activity, or external capital partners.

Name

Home Away From Home

Legal name

Home Away From Home

Website

https://homeawayfromhomechildcare.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Home Away From Home is a Florida-based, founder-owned childcare and early education provider operating seven licensed centers across Broward and Palm Beach Counties, serving working parents with children aged six weeks through ten via infant, preschool, VPK, aftercare, and summer camp programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Childcare and Early Childhood Education

NAICS

Child Care Services (624410)

SIC

Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)

akta.pro primary industry

School-Age Wraparound Childcare Centers (Holiday/Break Care) (EDACAAAL)

Keywords

• Childcare services
• Early childhood education
• Preschool programs
• After school care
• Summer camp

Headquarters

HQ city

Palm Beach Gardens

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Childcare Tuition: Tuition-based childcare services for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, VPK, aftercare, and summer camp programs. Flexible scheduling and payment options offered to families.
2. Enrollment Fees: Non-refundable registration fee required to secure a spot, along with enrollment application and agreement contract forms.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Home Away From Home is a privately operated childcare and early childhood education provider offering age-based programs for children from infancy through age ten across multiple Florida locations. The company delivers licensed daycare, preschool, Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten (VPK), after-school care, and summer camp programs with flexible scheduling for working families.

Product overview

Home Away From Home is a childcare and early learning center offering a comprehensive suite of age-based programs for children from infancy through elementary school age. The company's product portfolio consists of six core programs: the Infant Program for babies from six weeks old, the Toddler Program for developmental growth and potty-training, the Preschool 2's-3's Program for early academic foundation building, the VPK (Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten) Program for 4-5 year olds, the Aftercare Program providing school pickup and homework support, and the Summer Camp Program for children ages 5-10. These programs are offered across multiple Florida locations (Pembroke Pines, Palm Beach Gardens, Palm Springs, Wellington, West Palm Beach, Royal Palm Beach, and Boynton Beach) and share a common focus on providing safe, nurturing, and stimulating environments that support children's developmental, social, and academic growth.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Infant Program
• Toddler Program
• Preschool 2's-3's Program
• Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten (VPK) Program
• Aftercare Program
• Summer Camp

Quantifiable outcome

• Children who attend quality daycare before age 2 are sick less often in elementary school
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Kids 'R' Kids: Franchise-based early education provider with programs for infants through school-age, including proprietary curriculum and security/safety emphasis. Direct overlap with HAFH's center-based offering.
• The Goddard School: Private preschool franchise operating across the U.S. with similar age-banded programs and an emphasis on a proprietary curriculum. Directly comparable operating model to HAFH's licensed center offerings.
• Chesterbrook Academy Schools: Private preschool and elementary provider with full-day programs for infants through school-age. Comparable to HAFH in center-based curriculum-driven model and Florida regional presence.
• Primrose Schools: Accredited private preschool franchise delivering early childhood education for infants through school-age. Closest peer in terms of center-based, full-day educational model with proprietary curriculum and brand-led differentiation.
• The Learning Experience: Franchise-based early childhood education provider with programs across infant, toddler, preschool, and pre-kindergarten ages; uses proprietary curriculum. Closely aligned with HAFH's center-based, multi-program Florida operations.
• Celebree School: Growing franchise of early childhood education centers with similar age-tiered programs (infant, toddler, preschool, school-age before/after care) and focus on differentiated curriculum. Comparable mid-size regional operator profile.

Broad incumbents

• La Petite Academy: National chain of childcare centers owned by Bright Horizons, serving infants through school-age. Overlapping program structure and customer demographics make it a comparable incumbent peer.
• Bright Horizons Family Solutions: Large publicly-traded childcare and early education provider operating centers nationwide. Directly comparable to Home Away From Home in core center-based early childhood education, though at vastly larger scale and with employer-sponsored care as a differentiator.
• KinderCare Learning Centers: National chain of early childhood education centers serving infants through school-age with similar program structure (Infant, Toddler, Preschool, Pre-K, Before/After School, Summer). Comparable offering to HAFH's multi-program center model.

Regional players

• Montessori Schools of Florida (collective): Florida-based Montessori early childhood providers competing in the same South Florida market. HAFH offers Montessori curriculum specifically at its Palm Beach Gardens location, making Montessori-focused providers relevant adjacent peers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/HAFHPreschools
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/home-away-from-home-daycare

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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