Best Free Child Care Management Software & App For Iowa Providers | Playground

Free child care management software for Iowa providers

Iowa HHS is partnering with Playground to provide all Iowa childcare programs with:

• Free childcare management software thru June 30, 2027
• Up to $1,000+ in technology grant funding for new devices
• 12 months of required financial coaching through the Child Care Collaborative of Iowa

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Funding for this program is being made available through the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services through the Child Care and Development Fund.

Tamar Andrews Playground's First Customer Director of ECE @ American Jewish University

Playground is the only app directors need to run a child care program

Playground is childcare management software that manages billing, attendance, registration, communication, paperwork, reporting and more.

• Attendance
• Billing
• Communication
• Registration
• Paperwork
• Payroll
• AI

Your dream, all-in-one child care management system

Playground has every feature you need to effortlessly run an early childhood program — from child management to HR

• Billing
• Subsidy
• Expenses
• Paperwork
• Websites
• Attendance
• Communication
• Learning
• Reporting

Here's what you can get done with Playground in just 30 days

Today
Day 5
Day 30

• Get started
  Upload your roster in five minutes
  Connect your bank account in three minutes
  Connect your program's contact information in one minute

• Get comfortable
  Support questions get responses in seconds
  Set up automatic billing
  Upload and organize all licensing paperwork

• Ask why you didn't switch years ago
  Only one app admins, teachers, and families use
  100% digital paperwork
  Run your whole center from one hand

The best way for Iowa providers to run their child care programs

Make more money, simplify your life, and delight your families by switching to Playground's child care management software.

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Funding for this program is being made available through the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services through the Child Care and Development Fund.