Headquartered in Novi, Michigan, La Petite Academy, part of the Learning Care Group, provides early education and care services to children between the ages of 6 weeks and 13 years. Today, the company is the second-largest for-profit child care provider in North America. In addition to La Petite Academy in Bloomingdale, Learning Care Group operates 1,060 schools (corporate and franchise) across 36 states, the District of Columbia and internationally, and has a system-wide capacity to serve approximately 160,000 children. The children are cared for and educated by approximately 17,000 dedicated directors and teachers. Its vision is to develop innovative learning care solutions, which enable the company to grow the number of children and families served and to be recognized as the premier child and family education corporation in the world. Its goal is to provide a secure, caring and enriched environment that promotes learning and the development of the whole child, develop lifelong relationships, create family solutions and enhance the quality of life for its families as well as provide a fun, challenging work environment that fosters teamwork, inspires professional excellence, and encourages contribution by all team members.