Novinway
A Care Specialist sitting with a four-year-old who is lining up toy vehicles in a DMV-area home

Washington DC · Maryland · Northern Virginia

Flexible childcare. Practical support. More time to be a family.

For families raising neurodivergent children and teens. Our Care Services provide specialized in-home childcare with caregivers prepared for your child. Our Navigation Services help you find providers and programs, work through decisions about your child’s support, and manage paperwork, coordination, and follow-up. Use either service or both.

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Clinician-led childcare. Child-specific training. In-person supervision. 2026 Winner, Entrepreneurship in Health, Mark Silverman Award, Georgetown University NeuroSpice Girls. Official Community Partner.

Where to start

Start where you need help most.

Care Services

Flexible and adaptable in-home childcare.

Morning routines, after-school coverage, or an evening to yourself. One Care Specialist or a small, consistent team gets to know your child, so care feels familiar and you have time for work, appointments, rest, or plans of your own. We follow your child’s interests, whether that means play, music, or companionship for a teen.

Our clinician-led team prepares and supports your caregivers through child-specific training and in-person supervision.

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Navigation Services

You don’t have to go it alone.

After a diagnosis, through a transition, or when the current arrangements aren’t working, we help you understand your options and decide what needs attention first. We research practical solutions and carry out the work you choose to hand over: preparing insurance reimbursement paperwork and applications, organizing records, making calls, and following up.

You make the decisions, with less to research, remember, and chase.

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Why Novinway exists

Families raising neurodivergent children are left to solve too much on their own.

For families raising children with autism, ADHD, anxiety, or other differences, finding reliable childcare can mean rearranging work, missing appointments, or canceling plans.

Alongside work and family life, you may also be acting as your child’s unpaid case manager: coordinating providers, preparing for IEP meetings, tracking waitlists and benefits applications, and keeping up with records, forms, and deadlines.

Even with clinicians, therapists, and school teams involved, families can still be left managing the hours between appointments and the work around them.

“I’m effectively a case manager in addition to having a full-time job and being a parent. It’s really challenging.”

A., working mom of two, DC area

What changes

The same Thursday, twice.

Help with the morning routine, a covered afternoon, and paperwork that moves forward. Here is what the two services can look like in an ordinary week.

Right now: You’re the whole system.

You’re the whole system.

With Novinway’s help.

With Novinway’s help.

Try to get your child ready for school while getting ready for work.
A Care Specialist helps with breakfast and getting ready, following your child’s familiar routine.Care
Leave work early because the after-school program can’t take him.
We cover 3–6 p.m. with someone who already knows him.Care
Call the school again to try to reach the teacher who still hasn’t answered your emails.
With your permission, we follow up with the school and track the response.Navigation
Realize the IEP meeting is Tuesday and the evaluation is still in a folder somewhere.
The IEP packet is built: records, timeline, and the questions to ask.Navigation
Cancel the dinner date. Again.
You go to dinner.Care
Start the reimbursement forms. Stop. Start again at 11pm.
The reimbursement packet is complete. You review, sign and submit it.Navigation

Fictional example. We’ll agree with you on the work and cost before we start.

What you can count on

Screening, preparation, and ongoing support.

Screened. Certified. Insured.

Every Care Specialist is a Novinway employee who is background checked, First Aid + CPR certified, and covered by commercial insurance.

Prepared before the first visit.

We prepare your Care Specialist for your child’s communication, routines, preferences, and safety needs before the first visit.

Support behind every visit.

Novinway handles supervision, scheduling changes, questions, and concerns. Your Care Specialist has a team to turn to for guidance.

The Novinway team after an in-person training session

The people who show up

Meet a few Care Specialists.

Meet Novinway

Our Care Specialists bring experience in childcare, inclusive recreation, healthcare, and direct work with neurodivergent children.

We select for judgment, warmth and reliability. The person has to be someone your child can enjoy being with. They also have to be someone you can trust when you leave.

Alyssa, Care Specialist at Novinway

Care Specialist

Alyssa

The person who notices the child hanging back and goes to meet them there.

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Three summers leading inclusive outdoor programming for neurodivergent kids ages 5–10 at Pearlstone, where she gravitated toward the kids who didn’t want to join the big group. A trained Crisis Text Line counselor and Wilderness First Responder who researches autism acceptance at the University of Maryland.

“I’m drawn to providing care and play instead of therapy, building connections and fostering regulated emotions through encouraging stimming and unmasking.”
Jack, Care Specialist at Novinway

Care Specialist

Jack

Four years learning how to make the activity fit the child, not the other way around.

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A George Washington University chemistry student on a pre-PA track, with four years in a sports inclusion program adapting activities to individual sensory and skill needs. He founded GW’s Pre-PA Society and brings the same instinct for community to his work with children.

“There’s no one-size-fits-all approach. It depends on the person and the level of care they actually need. My goal is to meet each child exactly where they are.”
Sofia, Care Specialist at Novinway

Care Specialist

Sofia

Crisis-line trained, with a calm approach when things get difficult.

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A George Washington University graduate in Human Services and Social Justice, trained in crisis de-escalation through NAMI’s teen and young adult helpline. She grew up alongside her best friend’s neurodivergent brother and has spent years advocating for kids whose needs were going unnoticed.

“Every neurodivergent person deserves the unique care that helps them feel supported and understood. I’ve seen firsthand how meaningful that can be.”

Pricing

See what it costs before we talk.

Explore our rates, fees, and Care cost calculator. For project work, we agree on the work and cost with you before we begin.

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Care Services: $40–$50 an hour

Plus a service fee or monthly membership. Care begins with a $300 intake, credited in full toward Flex fees or your Monthly membership if you move forward.

Navigation Services: $100 an hour

Get oriented after a major change, improve what is already in place, or hand off the research, applications and calls you do not have time to chase.

Get started

Start with what would help most right now.

Tell us about the childcare hours you need, a decision coming up, or the paperwork you haven’t had time to finish. In a free 30-minute consultation, we’ll talk through what would help and whether Novinway is a fit.

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