EXHIBIT 99

NEW HORIZON KIDS QUEST, INC. ANNOUNCES CHANGES IN LISTING STATUS TO
OVER-THE-COUNTER BULLETIN BOARD

New Horizon Kids Quest, Inc.'s common stock (Nasdaq SmallCap: KIDQ) has been
delisted from the Nasdaq SmallCap Market effective January 10, 2001, for failure
to comply with the Minimum Bid Price requirements as set forth in Marketplace
Rule 4310(c)(4). The company's common stock will now trade on the
Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (OTCBB) with the same symbol, KIDQ. The OTCBB is
a controlled quotation service that offers real-time quotes, last sale prices,
and volume information in over-the-counter equities.

New Horizon Kids Quest, Inc.'s President, Susan Dunkley, stated, "We would like
to assure shareholders that we are confident about the future. For the three
months ended September 30, 2000, we experienced the best third quarter
performance in the company's history with earnings of $.05 a share. For the nine
months ended September 30, 2000, we earned $.08 a share with earnings before
interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) of $1,875,466, a
significant improvement as compared to the same period in 1999. We will continue
to focus on improving our existing locations while aggressively pursuing new
business opportunities."

New Horizon Kids Quest, Inc. provides hourly child care at twenty Kids Quest
locations in ten states, including three with supervised non-violent video
entertainment centers. The company also provides traditional care at ten New
Horizon Child Care locations in Boise, Idaho, and has added traditional care at
its Mall of America location. The company also operates employee child care
centers in Joliet, Illinois, for Empress Casino and the Mobil Oil Company; in
Las Vegas, Nevada, at the Venetian Resort Casino Hotel; and in Morton,
Minnesota, at Jackpot Junction Casino Hotel. The company has recently added
employee child care at its location in Marksville, Louisiana, at Grand Casino
Avoyelles and has announced an agreement with Seven Clans Casino, Hotel, and
Indoor Water Park for a 5,000 square-foot Kids Quest center at their facility in
Thief River Falls, Minnesota.

The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a "safe harbor"
for forward-looking statements. Certain information included in this press
release (as well as information included in oral statements or other written
statements made or to be made by the company) may contain statements that are
forward looking, such as statements relating to plans for future expansion and
other business


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development activities, as well as other capital spending, financial sources,
and the effects of regulation and competition. Such forward- looking information
involves important risks and uncertainties that could significantly affect
future results and, accordingly, such results may differ from those expressed in
any forward- looking statement made by or on behalf of the company. These risks
and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those relating to development
and construction activities, dependence on existing management and third party
contracts, domestic or global economic conditions, changes in federal or state
laws or the administration or enforcement of such laws, litigation or claims, as
well as all other risks and uncertainties described in the company's filings.


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