File HF-ST
The license changes at the state line.
Honeyfold is one product. The file a licensor asks for is not. Pick a state to see the office, the quality system, and what to have on the clipboard.
Program names were checked against public descriptions in November 2026. Offices rename themselves, and ratios change. Confirm the current rule with your licensor before a visit. Honeyfold does not file your packet and does not set your ratio.
Midwest
Honeyfold's own website functions run in Columbus, Ohio. A center in Chicago, a home in Des Moines, and a preschool in Minneapolis still answer to three different licensors. The software can be shared. The file they ask for cannot.
- OHOhioStep Up to Quality
- ILIllinoisExceleRate Illinois
- INIndianaPaths to QUALITY
- MIMichiganGreat Start to Quality
- WIWisconsinYoungStar
- MNMinnesotaParent Aware
- IAIowaIowa Quality for Kids (IQ4K)
- MOMissourithe Quality Assurance Report
- KSKansasLinks to Quality
- NENebraskaStep Up to Quality
- NDNorth DakotaBright & Early
- SDSouth DakotaQuality Care South Dakota
Northeast
Ratios in the Northeast are often tighter, rooms are smaller, and a Boston preschool is not a rural Maine home. Tuition is high and a missing staff file shows up fast when someone calls in sick.
South
The South holds some of the largest child care markets in the country, and the rules change at the state line. Texas Rising Star is not Georgia Quality Rated, and Florida does not run one statewide star system at all.
- TXTexasTexas Rising Star
- FLFloridano single statewide QRIS
- GAGeorgiaQuality Rated
- NCNorth CarolinaPathways to the Stars
- VAVirginiaVQB5, Virginia Quality Birth to Five
- MDMarylandMaryland EXCELS
- DCDistrict of ColumbiaCapital Quality
- TNTennesseethe Star Quality Child Care Program
- KYKentuckyKentucky All STARS
- SCSouth CarolinaABC Quality
- ALAlabamaAlabama Quality STARS
- MSMississippithe state quality rating used by the licensing and early childhood offices
- LALouisianaPerformance Profiles
- ARArkansasBetter Beginnings
- OKOklahomaOklahoma Stars
- WVWest Virginiatiered reimbursement rather than a classic statewide QRIS
- DEDelawareDelaware Stars for Early Success
West
Western states mix huge metro centers with family homes hours from the licensing office. A Las Vegas center and a Montana home do not share a filing cabinet, even if both need to know who is in the room.
- CACaliforniaQuality Counts California
- WAWashingtonEarly Achievers
- OROregonSpark
- COColoradoColorado Shines
- AZArizonaQuality First
- NMNew MexicoFOCUS
- UTUtahChild Care Quality System
- NVNevadaSilver State Stars
- IDIdahoQuality Achievers
- MTMontanaMontana's Treasures
- WYWyomingWY Quality Counts
- AKAlaskaLearn & Grow
- HIHawaiino formal statewide QRIS