DENVER, Dec. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Procare Solutions, a leader in child care management software, achieved several noteworthy milestones in our mission to help ensure the care, safety and education of children. These include many new product enhancements, partnerships and the addition of professional development training.This year's highlights include:Updates to our digital curriculum that include earning approvals in several states ensuring compliance and ease of use for early childhood educators nationwideMobile app enhancements including new photo reactions and improved messaging to enhance staff communication, as well as new advanced registration features with custom forms and lead management to streamline administrative tasksIntegrations with our partners to help child care centers grow enrollment and improve their educational offerings, ensuring better outcomes for children and familiesThe acquisition of Bertelsen Education expanding Procare to include continuing education training for early childhood education and Head Start child care providers"Our belief that every child deserves the best possible start is at the heart of everything we do," said Procare Solutions CEO JoAnn Kintzel. "Each of these developments reflects our commitment to delivering robust, user-friendly solutions that support child care providers in achieving their goals."Supporting Early Childhood Education (ECE) CurriculumHelping centers improve the education of young learners has always been, and continues to be, a top priority of Procare Solutions.Our 2024 Child Care Management Software Industry Trends Report found that about 30% of survey respondents said each teacher spends between three and five hours a week doing lesson planning and a similar percentage noted their centers create their own curriculum.Procare Early Learning powered by Learning Beyond Paper, an all-digital curriculum designed for ECE that is embedded into Procare, was updated and gained approval in several states. Aligning with state-approved ECE curriculum is essential for securing grant funding and providing high-quality education.In the newest version, the hands-on, play-based activities got a boost by intentionally integrating them across multiple developmental domains and incrementally increasing their complexity throughout the year. And it also includes similar activities across various age groups to better support mixed-age classrooms.Learning supports were enhanced to assist diverse learners, including guided lesson support videos for teachers

/PRNewswire/ -- Procare Solutions, a leading provider of child care management software, announces the acquisition of Bertelsen Education. This strategic...

Procare customers now can use IntelliKid Systems to sync data of families looking to enroll, as well as to market their centers.DENVER, May 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A new integration between Procare Solutions, a leader in child care management software for more than 30 years, and IntelliKid Systems, a leading provider of child care enrollment and marketing software, offers a suite of marketing tools to connect time-strapped early childhood education centers with families searching for high-quality child care.This comes at a time when nearly a third of centers report being below capacity and parents are leaving the workforce to care for young children.Procare Solutions’ customers now have the option to integrate with IntelliKid Systems to take advantage of marketing automation.Procare Solutions' customers now have the option to integrate with IntelliKid Systems to do the following:Collect and organize more inquiries and schedule more tours with IntelliKid Systems' embeddable landing pages so information doesn't get lost or forgottenSync family data between IntelliKid Systems and Procare eliminating time-consuming data entryIntegrate with Facebook MessengerCapture and record phone calls without any additional hardware or change in providerAutomate ongoing, personalized communications tailored to each stage of a family's engagement with the child care centerSchedule on-site or virtual tours, family orientations and open houses and sync seamlessly with both center and parent calendarsTrack ROI from advertising efforts from inquiry all the way to registration and beyond"We hear from many child care centers we serve that owners and directors don't have the time, staff or expertise to devote to increasing their enrollments," said JoAnn Kintzel, CEO of Procare Solutions. "Expanding our partnership with IntelliKid Systems allows us to meet their needs and achieve their business goals."IntelliKid Systems specializes in practical enrollment tools that lift the quality of communication while saving directors and owners time that is better spent nurturing and educating young children.This partnership adds marketing automation to the suite of robust enrollment tools already offered in Procare that include waitlist management, electronic documents and the Lead Insights dashboard that shows how effective a center is at converting prospective customers.With Procare and IntelliKid Systems, the entire enrollment lifecycle is handled with ease, from inquiry to registration and everything between. Procare Solutions' child care centers can benefit from access to IntelliKid Systems enrollment tools including managing job candidates and streamlining new family registration.The integration comes as the 2024 Child Care Management Software Industry Trends Report from Procare Solutions found that 47% of centers are struggling with enrollment, up from 36% the year before.Additionally, 33% of child care centers say they are under capacity."Having grown up in the industry, I am acutely aware of the time constraints put upon directors and owners in early childhood. Alongside Procare Solutions, we are building the tools that put the focus back on the program and education of young children while at the same time enhancing the ease of operations," said Jared Hall, CEO and founder of IntelliKid Systems.This newest integration extends to Procare Online users and expands upon the existing IntelliKid Systems offering made available through Procare Desktop two years ago."In the past 11 months, we have successfully opened four new centers and absolutely could not have managed the lead volume without IntelliKid Systems. IKS helped us create a smooth and professional customer experience that has led to increased enrollment. We are excited about the new integration and expect it to help us save time and limit data-entry mistakes," said Scott Cotter, owner of AIM Academy centers in Alabama.About Procare Solutions:For more than 30 years, Procare Solutions has been helping early childhood educators simplify operations and create meaningful connections with families, so they can focus on what matters most – the children in their care.From registration, attendance tracking, staff management and lesson planning to family engagement, tuition collection and reporting, we help ease the challenges faced of running a child care business.Our dedicated team of support professionals also makes it easy to get up and running quickly and answer questions along the way