No - it is the next ChildWatch, rebuilt from the ground up. If you use ChildWatch today, nothing changes for you until you choose to move, and when you are ready we plan the move with you.
The new staff app. Teachers take attendance, check children in and out, log the day - naps, meals, diapers and notes - and, on the food program, count meals at the table, on a phone or tablet. It keeps working when the internet drops and catches up when it is back.
Child care centers, preschools, multi-site groups and family child care homes - with or without the food program - and CACFP and SFSP sponsors of centers, family child care homes, Head Start programs, at-risk afterschool and summer sites.
Ask us. Tell us how your program runs and we will show you what ChildWatch can do for it today.
No. Enrollment, billing, attendance, staff, reports and the family app work on their own. The CACFP / SFSP food program is an optional part you can add, use by itself, or leave out.
The web portal runs in any modern browser on a computer or tablet - nothing to install. The staff app, kiosk and family app run on phones and tablets.
Yes. Everyone can switch the whole program between English and Spanish from their own menu, and families can use the family app in either language. Spanish is the first; more languages will follow.
ChildWatch is set up for each state's own rules, deadlines and forms for the states we serve, and we add states as sponsors join. Ask us about yours - the videos show several states.
Tell us about your program and we'll send you a demo video for it within one business day. Watch it on your schedule and share it with your staff. If you have questions after watching, just reply and we'll set up a short call.
The pilot is free. Sponsors pay a one-time $375 onboarding fee for setup and bringing their records over; it is waived for a single center. There are no other fees while the pilot runs, and monthly rates begin only when the new ChildWatch moves from pilot to full release. Everything is agreed in writing before you start.
Food program sponsors in the pilot keep early-partner rates, locked for 36 months from go-live - per active CACFP center, per SFSP site only in the months it operates, and per active family child care home, with nothing for a home that has no CACFP activity that month. Single centers get a founding rate before their pilot ends, or walk away owing nothing. See all pricing
After your demo video and a short planning call, we set up your sites and bring your records over with you. Larger programs take longer to bring over, so we agree the timing up front.
Not while the new ChildWatch is in its pilot. Ask about a pilot or get a demo video, and we will take it from there with you.
No. We bring over your sites, providers, families and children so your first month starts with the people already in it. Families can also be imported from a spreadsheet, previewed before anything is saved. Larger conversions are scoped with you up front.
On independently audited (SOC 2 Type II) cloud providers in the United States, encrypted in storage and in transit, backed up daily, with each organization's data kept separate and every change recorded with who made it and when.
No. Payments go through a PCI-compliant processor; ChildWatch keeps only a secure token, never the card number.
More detail on our data center and security page.
Ask us directly, or get a demo video for your kind of program.