Same-day backup childcare
Request coverage after a regular sitter cancels, a meeting runs late, or a non-emergency sick call changes the day. Availability is confirmed before care is booked.
Bay Area service area
Backup childcare for Bay Area families—starting in the East Bay.
Opportino is building planned, recurring, and same-day backup child care for the moments when a family’s regular plan breaks. The first pilot is focused on six East Bay communities, while the expansion waitlist is open across the wider Bay Area.
Current communities
Explore backup childcare in your city.
Each local page explains the care gaps Opportino is designed to address and how the Founding Family pilot works.
Martinez backup childcareSick calls, school closures, recurring gaps, and late pickups.
Pleasant Hill backup childcarePreschool, school, camp, workday, and recurring care gaps.
Walnut Creek backup childcareWorkday overruns, school gaps, sick calls, and recurring care.
Lafayette backup childcareEarly dismissal, minimum days, closure days, and weekly blocks.
Moraga backup childcareSchool-calendar gaps, recurring care, and approved substitutions.
Orinda backup childcarePickup crunches, schedule changes, and familiar backup caregivers.
What backup care can cover
One care system for planned gaps and the day that changed without warning.
School closure and calendar-gap care
Plan ahead for teacher workdays, minimum days, holidays, early dismissals, and camp schedules that do not cover the full workday.
Recurring short care blocks
Set up a weekly care block with a primary caregiver whenever possible and approved backup options behind the plan.
Authorized pickup and handoff
Where legally and operationally approved, coordinate a named caregiver, parent authorization, provider release rules, live updates, and a documented handoff.
Beyond the first six cities
Elsewhere in the Bay Area?
Families in other East Bay communities, San Francisco, the Peninsula, the South Bay, the North Bay, and nearby counties can join the expansion waitlist. Your city, child ages, schedule gaps, and preferred care model help Opportino decide where to recruit caregivers and build partnerships next.
Join the expansion waitlistSearch term, real problem.
Whether you call it backup childcare, backup child care, last-minute childcare, school-closure care, or a recurring sitter gap, the goal is the same: a safer plan that does not begin with texting ten people.
Service-area questions
What Bay Area families should know.
Is Opportino available throughout the Bay Area now?
Not yet. The Founding Family pilot begins in Martinez, Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek, Lafayette, Moraga, and Orinda. The wider Bay Area waitlist is open, but joining it does not guarantee a launch date or care availability.
What does “backup childcare” include?
Opportino is designed for planned one-time care, recurring short blocks, same-day caregiver gaps, school closures, early dismissals, late meetings, pickup crunches, and other non-emergency disruptions. Specific services depend on the child’s age, caregiver qualifications, onboarding, insurance, and provider authorization.
Is this an emergency childcare service?
No. Opportino is not a medical or emergency service. Families should use 911 or appropriate medical services for emergencies. Sick-child care, transportation, and school pickup remain subject to pilot rules and request-specific approval.