The care your
family can count on.
Whenever you need it.
From last-minute backup care to consistent weekly support, Star Harbor provides carefully vetted, professionally supported caregivers for the moments your family needs an extra hand.
Child Care Designed Around Real Family Life
The right care for the moments you need it.
Backup Child Care
Trusted care when school closes, a caregiver cancels, or plans unexpectedly change.
Last-minute & same-day care
School closures & breaks
Unexpected care gaps
Full Time Nanny
Consistent, dependable care designed thoughtfully around your family's unique routine and needs.
Weekly scheduled care
Consistent caregiver matching
Ongoing communication
Occasional Child Care
Flexible support for afternoons, evenings, school breaks, appointments, weekends, holidays, and more.
Date nights & evenings out
School breaks & holidays
Nanny Placement
Find the right long-term caregiver for your family. We match you with a nanny who fits your needs and values.
Part-time, full-time, or live-in
Carefully vetted candidates
Personalized matching support
The Star Harbor Standard™
A rigorous, multi-step process designed to uphold an exceptional standard of care for your family.
Verified
Comprehensive identity, criminal history and professional verification.
Personally Evaluated
Multiple interviews—not simply an application and background check.
Judgment Assessed
Real-world childcare scenarios help us evaluate judgment, communication and decision-making.
Professionally Supported
Agency-managed caregivers join our W-2 team with onboarding and ongoing support.
Great care starts with understanding both sides.
The Star
We understand our caregivers.
Every caregiver is carefully screened and personally evaluated. We learn their strengths, experience, care style, availability and the environments where they thrive.
- ✓ Extensive screening & verification
- ✓ Experience & age-group strengths
- ✓ Personality & communication style
- ✓ Skills, certifications & special training
- ✓ Availability & location preferences
The Harbor
We understand your family.
We take the time to learn your family, routines, values and home environment so the caregiver we send is set up for success from day one.
- ✓ Family values & parenting style
- ✓ Children’s routines & unique needs
- ✓ Household environment & safety
- ✓ Expectations & communication preferences
- ✓ What makes a great fit for your family
Star to the right
Harbor.
The Match
We thoughtfully match based on more than availability—experience, personality, care style, schedule, and your family’s unique needs.
Introduction
For recurring care and placements, we facilitate introductions or a care introduction so both you and the caregiver feel confident moving forward.
Care Begins
Your caregiver arrives prepared with everything they need to provide thoughtful, dependable care—so you can focus on what matters most.
We Stay Involved
We check in, listen, and support both families and caregivers—because our responsibility doesn’t end with the match.
It took our own family's struggle with care
to truly see yours.
Star Harbor was born from the uncertainty of finding care we could trust—and the difference one extraordinary caregiver made in our family’s life.
We built Star Harbor to help protect what matters most—and to be a steady North Star for families navigating care.
Family Testimonials
Proudly Serving Families Across Dallas–Fort Worth
Star Harbor provides trusted in-home childcare throughout Dallas-Fort Worth and surrounding areas.
Find the right Star for your family.
Tell us a little about the care you need. We'll help you take it from there.