Supporting Working Families Through Flexible, Affordable Childcare
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by mlopetrone@immcouncil.orgDecember 11, 2025
KidsPark strives to support low- and middle-income parents, for whom standard childcare can be prohibitively expensive—potentially pushing them out of the workforce for years. And, from the beginning, immigrants have been vital. “We’ve always relied in the childcare industry on people who have come here from another country, or are first- or second-generation,” said Heather Alanis, who owns the center with her sister, Beth Christie. “We have, over the years, hired cousins and sisters because we believe they work so well together, and all of them have come from immigrant families,” said Beth.
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Originally published on Immigration Impact on 12/11/2025