Child care records

File HF-AZ

Child care software in Arizona.

ADHS licenses child care facilities. Quality First is the rating system, and DES runs assistance. Those are different doors. Phoenix summer changes the day: earlier drop-off, hotter playgrounds, and a late pickup that still counts in the ratio. Maricopa County volume is not a reason to reconstruct attendance on Fridays.

Licensor
Arizona Department of Health Services
Quality system
Quality First
Subsidy name
child care assistance through the Department of Economic Security

What a visit in Arizona usually asks to see

Family child care and centers are usually licensed on different rules, with different maximum group sizes. Honeyfold can run either. It does not collapse them into one ratio.

  • the ADHS licensing file and Quality First evidence if you are enrolled
  • Who is in each room right now, and which staff are with them
  • The ratio printed on your license for that room
  • The authorized pickup list, and any custody order in the file
  • Today's attendance with in and out times if you bill subsidy
  • Allergy and medication notes for the children who are here
  • The immunization or health record your state actually asks for
  • Incident reports that are finished, not half-written in a notebook
  • Meal counts taken at the point of service, if you are on CACFP

Quality First

Quality First is not the same document as the license. Directors get in trouble when they bring the quality binder to a visit that asked for today's attendance, or the other way around. Keep them as two files that can be opened separately.

child care assistance through the Department of Economic Security

If you bill child care assistance through the Department of Economic Security, the attendance that matters is the attendance a reviewer can match to a child and a time. A mark that only says present is how a month gets rebuilt on a Sunday. Honeyfold keeps in and out times so you are not retyping the day into a portal. Portal layouts differ. A walkthrough is where we confirm the file your office wants.

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.

How Honeyfold fits

Honeyfold is the operating record: rooms, licensed ratios, authorized pickup, family notes, meals, and the file you would hand someone standing in the lobby. It does not replace Arizona Department of Health Services, and it does not submit Quality First for you.

Introductory pricing does not change by state. See pricing, the ratio calculator, and the licensing-visit guide.

Cities

Phoenix

Across the state line

California · Nevada · Utah · Colorado · New Mexico

Questions about child care software in Arizona