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The next ChildWatch
Now welcoming early partners and pilot programs

Everything it takes to run child care, in one place.

Enrollment, billing and autopay, check-in and attendance, staff and the time clock, reports - plus an app that keeps families close. Add the CACFP food program if you take part; leave it out if you don't.

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A food program sponsor's Today page in ChildWatch: what needs attention, today's meals, meals by day and eligibility A center director's Today page in ChildWatch: occupancy, attendance, immunizations and accounts receivable Food program sponsor Child care center
Serving child care since 1997
Business, families and food program in one system
English and Español
Web, staff, kiosk and family apps
Your data stays in the U.S.
Billing in ChildWatch: amounts received, outstanding and accounts receivable aging
Business management

Check-in once - attendance, billing and reports follow

A family checks a child in at the kiosk. That one record becomes the classroom's attendance, the hours you bill and the numbers in your reports. Nobody types the same thing twice.

  • Tuition, fees, discounts and subsidy agencies billed on schedule
  • Accounts receivable aging and collections at a glance
  • Staff clock in at the kiosk or in the staff app
  • One center or many, each with its own staff and settings
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Paying a balance in the ChildWatch family app
Family eServices

Families see their child's day - and pay from their phone

The family app is your parent portal: the child's day, messages with the center translated into the family's own language, statements and online payments. Your office answers fewer calls about balances and pickups.

  • Daily activity, observations, photos and videos you choose to share
  • Absence notices, pickup authorizations and change requests
  • Statements, balances, ePay and autopay
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One system, four ways in

Everyone works from the same records, wherever they are

The office, the classroom, the front door and the family's phone all see the same day - in English or Spanish.

Web portal

For owners, directors and office staff. Nothing to install - any modern browser.

Staff app

Attendance, the time clock, the child's day and - on the food program - meal counts, on a phone or tablet.

Kiosk

A tablet at the door: families check children in and out, and staff clock in, with a PIN.

Family app

Messages, the child's day, statements and payments - in English or Spanish.

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Be one of the first

Early partners shape the next ChildWatch - and are first in line for it

We are opening the new ChildWatch to a small number of centers and sponsors first, with hands-on setup and a direct line to the people who build it.

Get a demo video

Tell us about your program and we'll send you a demo video for it within one business day. Questions after? A short call.

Plan your pilot

We agree which sites, which months and what success looks like - and we set it up with you.

Run a real month

Enroll, check in, bill and - if you take part - claim meals, with us beside you the whole way.

Nearly 30 years of ChildWatch

The same people who have answered your calls since 1997

ChildWatch began on the desktop in 1997 and moved to the web in 2001. The new ChildWatch keeps what our customers value most - real support from people who know child care - and rebuilds everything else.

What our customers say

See the new ChildWatch with your own program in mind

Tell us how you run - one center or many, with or without the food program - and we'll send you a demo video for your kind of program within one business day - watch on your schedule and share it with your staff. Questions after? We'll set up a short call.

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Sent within one business day • Watch on your schedule • No obligation

All information is kept strictly confidential.