Child care records

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Child care software in Oregon.

The Department of Early Learning and Care licenses child care. Spark is the quality rating. Employment Related Day Care is the subsidy families use. Portland and a coastal home share the department and not a substitute list. Record the child who stayed late. That out-time is the one a review asks for.

Licensor
Oregon Department of Early Learning and Care
Quality system
Spark
Subsidy name
Employment Related Day Care

What a visit in Oregon 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 DELC licensing file and Spark evidence
  • 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

Spark

Spark 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.

Employment Related Day Care

If you bill Employment Related Day Care, 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 Oregon Department of Early Learning and Care, and it does not submit Spark for you.

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

Cities

Portland

Across the state line

Washington · Idaho · Nevada · California

Questions about child care software in Oregon