ChildWare
The facts below are what the maker publishes about ChildWare, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From ChildWare's own pricing page, checked 24 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| ChildWare | — | 16–50 enrolled children |
| ChildWare PLUS | — | 16–50 enrolled children |
The facts
Each one read from ChildWare's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Attendance and check-in
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
- Attendance and meals
- Attendance and meal features include parent and staff sign-in and sign-out, ratio management, CACFP reporting, and CCIS absence tracking.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Child and family records
- Child and family data features include contacts, recruiting and enrollment, subsidies and tuition, health and special needs, document management, and a parent portal.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Child capacity
- 16checked 24 Sep 2026
- Data policy
- The policies page links to a ChildWare data retention and archive policy.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Enrollment management
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
- Family communication
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
- Launch
- ChildWare launched in 2010 as part of the Pennsylvania Shared Services Initiative.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Product
- ChildWare is a quality management system for Pennsylvania early childhood education providers.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- The system helps early childhood education programs manage administrative tasks and licensing and accreditation requirements.checked 11 Oct 2026
- SaaS
- The product's user onboarding page describes its design as software as a service (SaaS).checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security incident notice
- A site notice says PHMC's IT team responded to an attempted ransomware attack on May 8, 2023, and that user access and the help desk were restored by May 16, 2023.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Staff records
- Staff data features include credentials and certifications, training and professional development, clearances and health assessments, scheduling, and document management.checked 11 Oct 2026
- State requirements
- ChildWare tracks Pennsylvania DHS requirements, Keystone STARS standards, and state subsidy programs.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support resources
- Online support resources include a user manual, troubleshooting page, how-to guides, search, and PHL PreK user tips.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Technical assistance
- The ChildWare Team provides implementation planning, customized training, system setup, and troubleshooting during general business hours.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Billing
- Billing and financial features include automated billing, batch charges and payments, CCIS reconciliation, tax summaries, and financial reports.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Billing and payments
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
- Free plan
- Nochecked 24 Sep 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2010checked 19 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniachecked 19 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Mobile apps
- nonechecked 24 Sep 2026
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