Student-parents and advocates pressed institutions to better support parenting students as childcare costs and availability block college access. Generation Hope’s founder highlighted barriers parenting students face, from scheduling to support services, while a California Competes report found more than 100,000 adults with young children in the Bay Area say childcare costs prevent enrollment or re-enrollment. The findings underscore how childcare affordability is a retention and equity issue that affects enrollment pipelines, particularly among low- and middle-income learners. Colleges facing workforce and enrollment pressures will need to weigh investments in childcare subsidies, scheduling flexibility, and partnership models with local providers. Financial-aid officers, enrollment leaders, and student-affairs teams should assess targeted supports for parenting students—wraparound services, emergency aid, and on-campus child care partnerships—to mitigate enrollment losses and improve degree completion.