# Free child care software for New York family and group family child care providers

**Billing**  
**Registration**  
**Paperwork**  
**Attendance**  
**Communication**  
**& more!**

Get 12 months of Playground for free, thanks to the Early Care and Learning Council and the Empire State Family Child Care Collaborative

## Sign up for a free demo

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## How to claim your free subscription

### Are you already part of the Empire State Family Child Care Collaborative (ESFCCC)?

**Yes, I’m already in the network.** Great! Fill out the form at the top of this page to meet your Playground representative and get started.

[Fill out form](/content/partnerships/newyork#hero/index.html)

**No, I’m not in the network yet.** Start by joining the network so we can support you!

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## Playground is the only app directors need to run a home-based child care

Playground is childcare management software that manages billing, attendance, registration, communication, paperwork, reporting and more for New York family child care programs.

Attendance  
Billing  
Communication  
Registration  
Paperwork  
Payroll  
AI

##### Watch video tour  
##### 10 min

Powerful, not overwhelming

## 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\  
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Invoice and collect from families](/content/solutions/billing/index.html)
[Subsidy\  
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Manage third party and agency payers](/content/solutions/subsidy/index.html)
[Expenses\  
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Manage and track all other spend](/content/solutions/expenses/index.html)
[Paperwork\  
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Fully digitize your forms](/content/solutions/paperwork/index.html)
[Websites\  
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Get more leads](/content/solutions/websites/index.html)
[Attendance\  
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Remain compliant](/content/solutions/attendance/index.html)
[Communication\  
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Deepen family relationships](/content/solutions/communication/index.html)
[Learning\  
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Create, organize & plan](/content/solutions/learning/index.html)
[Reporting\  
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Stay audit ready](/content/solutions/reporting/index.html)

## 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 New York providers to run their family 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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