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For CACFP and SFSP sponsors

Every site, every home, every meal - one claim you can stand behind.

Centers, family child care homes, Head Start programs, at-risk afterschool and summer sites under one sponsor, in one system. Your staff see problems while there is still time to fix them, not after the claim is filed.

A sponsor's Today page in ChildWatch
A normal month

From the first meal to the reimbursement

The same records carry through the whole month, so nothing is typed twice and every number on the claim can be traced back to a meal.

Menus and meal patterns

Menus planned against the meal pattern for each age group, infant records by child, and substitutions recorded where they happen.

Counts at the point of service

Meals counted at the table or the line on a phone or tablet - a child's PIN at the at-risk line, a roster upload for afterschool.

Eligibility and enrollment

Income forms, categorical eligibility and enrollment kept current, with renewals coming due shown before they lapse.

Monitoring visits

Reviews scheduled across your sites and homes, recorded on the visit, with findings and follow-ups tracked to closure.

Edit checks before you file

Each claim is checked against menus, attendance, eligibility and site approvals. Anything that would be disallowed is shown with the reason.

State forms and payments

State claim forms filled in from the month's own records, and reimbursements tracked through to each site and provider.

A claim's edit checks in ChildWatch
Fewer surprises

Know where the month stands on any day of the month

The sponsor's Today page shows what needs attention now: sites that have not counted, homes with missing menus, renewals coming due and visits that are late. You fix the month as it goes, instead of finding out at claim time.

  • Centers, homes, Head Start, at-risk and summer sites side by side
  • Each provider and director sees only their own sites
  • Every change recorded with who made it and when
  • English and Spanish for providers and families
Moving to ChildWatch

Coming from another system or from spreadsheets?

We bring over your sites, providers and children so your first month starts with the people already in it. Larger conversions are scoped with you up front.

See the new ChildWatch with your own program in mind

Tell us about your sites and homes, 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.