Independent day care center Kids & Co offers day care to children between the age of 0 to 3 years in a newly built location in Herent. The center offers room for 68 children in 4 groups: the babies, the crawlers, an intermediate group and the toddlers.
The day care center is open from 6.45 till 18.45, and this during working days. From September to June, we are also open on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month, and this from 9,00 till 12,00. If you want to make use of our services on Saturday mornings, a separate reservation must be made in advance.
The day care center is closed for the public holidays and during fixed holiday periods. For 2024, the periods during which we are closed are:
- January 1
- From April 1 to April 7 included
- May 1
- From May 9 to May 10 included
- May 20
- From July 22 to August 4 included
- From August 15 to August 16
- November 1
- November 11
- From December 23 to December 31 included
The parental contribution is calculated based on the applicable income rate. To make this possible, parents provide Kids & Co with the kind-attest (child certificate) before the start of childcare. Lunch and snacks are included, diapers are not (parents are asked to bring these). For care on Saturday mornings, the number of care hours is limited to a maximum of 3 hours, which means that 60 % of the individual income rate applies.
VZW Kids & Co receives IKT subsidies for all of the 68 places. Kids & Co uses a lower child ratio than prescribed by regulations. To compensate for the resulting underfunding by the Flemish government, we offer the opportunity to invest in the infrastructure and operating costs of childcare through co-financing. For full-time care, the co-financing amounts to EUR 50 per month, for care for 4 or 3 days per week, the co-financing amounts to EUR 40 and 30 per month respectively. Companies or self-employed persons can deduct these investments in infrastructure and operating costs as business expenses under certain conditions.
More information can be found in our Internal Regulations.
As of January 1, 2020 all applications for day care concerning initiatives in Herent, need to be entered into the so-called Kinderopvangzoeker, or “Search Engine for Day-Care”. You can access this Kinderopvangzoeker at www.kinderopvanginmijnbuurt.be. If you look for day care services providers in Herent, you can select Kids & Co.
Upon receipt, we will inform you whether or not it will be possible to offer you our services. If so, we will invite you for an introductory meeting at the day care center. If you want to reserve a spot for your child following this meeting, then we send you a contract in twofold as well as an “Huishoudelijk Reglement Kids & Co december 2023v3. “. Upon receipt of a signed copy of the contract and the deposit of the guarantee, you are assured of having a spot within our day care center.