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{{More citations needed|date=April 2021}}{{Short description|Software for use by child care centers}}
'''Child care management software''', also referred to as child care administrative software or daycare accounting software,<ref>[http://business.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Day_Care_Accounting_Software lovetoknow.com]</ref> is [[business software]] designed specifically for use by child care centers, preschools, and similar child-oriented facilities.  They can be either run from local computers or via mobile/hand-held access to other systems running elsewhere. The software is intended to increase staff productivity by recording unique child and family information.{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}}

This category of software incorporates aspects of other types of business software, notably [[accounting software]], but typically addresses [[business management]] issues that are unique to child care and beyond the scope of generic business software. [[Immunization]] tracking and record keeping for the [[Child and Adult Care Food Program]] (CACFP) are examples of the specific nature of such software that appeals to a [[niche market]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}}

Child care management software is typically developed by an [[independent software vendor]]. Capabilities vary by vendor <ref>[http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Business/Small_Business/Daycare/ Open Directory Project: Daycare Software Vendors]</ref> but may include tracking one or more of the following:

*Sign In-Out of Children and Staff
*Child scheduling and attendance
*Authorized pick up persons
*Child/teacher ratios
*Staff scheduling
*Classroom rosters and reporting
*Child immunizations
*Emergency contacts
*Photographs of children or pick up persons
*Waiting list management
*Summer camps, activities and after school programs
*Student meal counts
*Menu planning
*Automated billing for private pay and subsidized child care
*Family tax statements and receipts
*[[Electronic payment]] processing
*Payroll and time cards
*General accounting and financial reporting
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[[Category:Administrative software]]