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www.knowledgelearning.com - Southard Communications Jeyran Ghara, 212-993-5802 Today at the 2008 National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) international conference, OnCare Online Child Care Services(TM) (Booth #856), a leading provider of web-based business management software for child care centers, introduced two new service offerings -- subsidy reporting and online payment processing -- that streamline reporting and accounting processes
for child care center directors. By integrating this new functionality into its web-based center management system, OnCare leads the industry with a single solution that provides extended functionality and ease of use for both center directors and parents.
"OnCare's center management system was developed to help child care providers, with an affordable, easy-to-use software solution that's scalable to a center's needs regardless of size or the number of staff," said Todd Rupley, Senior Director for OnCare. "In an industry dominated by small business owners, these two new services help alleviate some of the more time consuming and challenging business processes child care providers face. Our technology automates day-to-day tasks associated with running a small business; freeing staff to focus on their most important job -- taking care of children."
OnCare Takes the Paperwork Out of Subsidy Reporting
OnCare's new tuition and food subsidy processing functionality is an industry-leading move, becoming the only web-based center management system available that leverages the software expertise of Controltec and Minute Menu. Controltec, whose software solutions aid in centers' mandatory state tuition subsidy reporting, is now completely integrated into the OnCare system. Similarly, Minute Menu software is at OnCare customer's fingertips, reducing the time consuming and labor intensive task of manually logging food program subsidy information. "OnCare is one single integrated solution for center directors," said Rupley. "Our center management system pulls information and supplies data directly to state agencies through Controltec and Minute Menu, the experts in child care subsidy and nutrition. We estimate these news services can save centers an average of two weeks per month just in paperwork alone!"
Credit Card Processing Eliminates Billing, Collections
Now through OnCare, parents can set up one time or automatic payments using Visa(R), MasterCard(R) or Discover(R). The availability of online credit card tuition payment processing enables center management to accept a wider range of payment options, improving cash flow by eliminating collections. In return, families have a convenient, flexible option for making payments through a secure Internet portal.
OnCare Proves Easy to Use and Drives Results
OnCare has established itself as the preeminent Software as a Service (SaaS) provider offering a full suite of web-based software services to assist in the management of childcare centers, from creating a Web site to providing online accounting and time-tracking. OnCare can host, back-up and secure data, as well as simplify and organize the administration of a center.
OnCare customers are seeing the benefits technology can offer. Center Director, Rickie Lafon, of Sunrise Learning Center in McKinney, Texas, realized the benefits quickly after OnCare launched his Web site. "In our first week with OnCare, we had two families call and enroll after finding my center's site on the Web. These paid for our first year of OnCare services!"
OnCare's center management system is offered in three tiers of packages: basic, advanced and premium, with additional add-on products such as e-newsletter production and payment processing options. For more information about OnCare and its offerings visit www.oncareservices.com or call 866-585-4171.
About OnCare Online Child Care Services: OnCare Online Child Care Services serves more than 2,000 child care centers in the U.S., India and Singapore, providing flexible, online child care center management solutions. Clients include community-based child care centers, employer-sponsored day care facilities and before/after-school programs. Developed by two parents from Silicon Valley with a vision to provide easy-to-use, innovative web-based solutions to child care and education providers. Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, the Company is now a part of one of the world's largest education companies, Knowledge Learning Corporation. For more information, visit www.oncareservices.com.
About Controltec: Controltec's products KinderTrack(R) and KinderAttend(R) serve childcare subsidy agencies, school districts and childcare providers on a national scale. For more information, visit www.controltec.com.
About Minute Menu: Minute Menu Systems provides software solutions to meet the business management and Food Program needs of all aspects of the child care community. Over 100,000 child care providers use Minute Menu software each month to track and report Child and Adult Care Food Program reimbursement data to sponsors and state agencies. Visit us online at www.minutemenu.com.
Strategic Partnerships with Controltec and Minute Menu to Simplify
Subsidy Processing; New Online Tuition Payment Options to Improve
Accounting Practices
