LiteFolio Child Care | ADHD-Friendly Home Daycare Planner, Attendance Tracker, Childcare CRM & Tuition Organizer

For the childcare provider whose brain is holding too much.

You are not just watching children.

You are tracking attendance, meals, tuition, forms, health notes, pickup details, family communication, enrollment questions, emergency contacts, licensing reminders, and all the tiny care details that make families feel safe.

LiteFolio Child Care helps you hold the day with more clarity—without turning your home program into a corporate software maze.

What It Helps You Manage

LiteFolio Child Care helps organize the following:

• Daily attendance
• Check-ins and check-outs
• Child profiles
• Parent and emergency contact information
• Authorized pickup notes
• Health checks
• Medication authorizations and logs
• Immunization record status
• Meal logs
• CACFP-prep meal documentation
• Tuition and payment tracking
• Late pickup fees
• Enrollment inquiries
• Waitlist families
• Tour follow-ups
• Missing forms and paperwork
• Parent communication templates
• Licensing and compliance task reminders
• Expenses
• Learning plans, if enabled
• Program resources and policies
• Daily wins and loose ends

The app includes rate plans, children and family records, attendance records, health checks, immunization records, medication authorizations/logs, meal logs, meal templates, CACFP-related settings, payments, inquiries, communication logs, compliance tasks, forms, expenses, learning plans, activity templates, wins, and resource notes.

ADHD-Friendly Energy Modes

LiteFolio Child Care includes built-in energy modes so you can match the app to the kind of day you are actually having.

Modes include:

• Bare Minimum Day
• Normal Care Day
• Admin Catch-Up
• Enrollment Push
• Licensing Prep

Each mode gives a smaller set of priorities, like recording attendance, handling medications, logging meals, sending one family update, following up on forms, or preparing licensing records.

Key Feature Sections

Today Dashboard

Your calm daily command center for:

• Expected children
• Checked-in children
• Missing arrivals
• Health checks
• Medication due
• Meal logs
• Tuition due
• Loose ends
• Wins

Front Desk Mode

A parent-safe check-in/check-out screen that lets families choose their child, complete a quick note, and submit attendance. Provider Mode can be protected with a PIN set in Settings. 

Child Profiles

Track each child’s:

• Birthdate and age group
• Program type
• Schedule pattern
• Default arrival and pickup time
• Tuition rate
• Parent contact info
• Emergency contacts
• Authorized pickups
• Allergies
• Food restrictions
• Medical needs
• Nap preferences
• Comfort items
• Toileting notes
• Transition support
• Paperwork status

Attendance Tracker

Organize:

• Scheduled arrival
• Check-in time
• Check-out time
• Drop-off person
• Pickup person
• Parent initials
• Absence reason
• Late pickup flag
• Late pickup minutes
• Notes

Health & Medication

Track:

• Daily health checks
• Parent acknowledgement
• Visual wellness check
• Temperature
• Symptoms
• Medication before arrival
• Provider observations
• Action taken
• Medication authorizations
• Medication logs
• Parent notification status

Meals & CACFP Prep

Track:

• Meal logs
• Children served
• Menu items
• Milk, fruit, vegetable, grain, and meat/alternate components
• Substitutions
• Allergy accommodations
• Portion notes
• CACFP-complete status
• Meal templates
• Meal plans
• Editable CACFP rate settings

Money

Manage:

• Tuition due
• Amount paid
• Payment method
• Payment status
• Late fees
• Receipts sent
• Expenses
• CACFP estimate
• Gross income
• Net estimate

Enrollment

Track:

• New inquiries
• Parent names
• Child names and ages
• Desired start dates
• Schedule needs
• Contact information
• Inquiry source
• Status
• Tour date
• Follow-up date
• Quoted rate
• Notes

The Enrollment section also includes inquiry/waitlist pipeline tracking, enrollment paperwork readiness, tours scheduled, and waitlist status.

Messages

Includes copy-ready templates for:

• Daily care updates
• Attendance and schedule notes
• Tuition reminders
• Enrollment follow-ups
• Marketing posts
• Referral requests
• Testimonial requests
• Seasonal availability
• Google Business profile blurbs
• About-my-program copy

The app does not send messages directly, but it can help draft, copy, log, or open email with a drafted message.

Library & Resources

Store:

• Policies
• CACFP notes
• Emergency notes
• Forms
• Licensing tasks
• Training renewals
• CPR / first aid reminders
• Safety tasks
• Tax prep notes
• Program resources

Perfect For

• Home daycare providers
• Family childcare providers
• Solo childcare providers
• Nannies with multiple families
• Small in-home childcare programs
• Neurodivergent providers
• ADHD childcare business owners
• Providers who need a calmer alternative to spreadsheets
• Providers who want more record confidence without monthly software

Important Info

LiteFolio Child Care is an organizational tool only. Childcare licensing, CACFP rules, health documentation, immunization requirements, and tax rules vary by state, sponsor, and program type.