Cúram for Child Care
Cúram for Child Care is a new-generation child care solution that delivers dramatically improved access to affordable care by supporting multiple child care programs and integrating key business processes.
- For agencies worldwide that serve parents who have child care needs
- For caseworkers responsible for referring parents to licensed, safe, and affordable child care programs
- For workforce/labor agencies that employ parents who require child care services
Cúram for Child Care is the only commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) solution with pre-built business processes to support the complete child care program lifecycle.
Designed specifically for agencies that serve parents with child care needs, the highly configurable system helps these organizations to:
- Efficiently determine eligibility
- Assist parents in selecting providers from a broad network of care givers and community services
- Manage provider licensing
- Effectively manage and track funding availability, wait lists, attendance, co-payments, provider reimbursement, and child care plans
The flexible solution automates business processes and enables multi-channel user access that helps agencies to have more productive client interactions and improve efficiency.
The solution, through its integrated case management capabilities, provides comprehensive visibility into cases and supports the use of multi-disciplinary teams for improved collaboration. Extensive analytics and reporting capabilities enable faster and more comprehensive information for all stakeholders.
- Provides extensive support for all aspects of child care programs from a single commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) solution
- Helps achieve better outcomes by supporting comprehensive, secure, and collaborative integrated case management and promoting multi-disciplinary teams when appropriate
- Features extensive social-service provider management capabilities that boost staff productivity, reduce costs, and improve service delivery and accountability
- Incorporates best practices, such as Childcare Electronic Environment System Automation Work Tool (CEE:SAW) guidelines
- Can be leveraged by any program that includes subsidized child care
- Offers easy configuration capabilities, enabling agencies to address unique business requirements, accelerate implementation, and reduce ongoing IT maintenance costs by avoiding costly customizations
- Supports business transformation goals, such as client self-service, outcome-focused child care plans, and dynamic fund tracking
- Only commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) solution with pre-built business processes to support the complete child care program lifecycle
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Robust, social service-focused provider management capabilities:
- Extensive provider self service
- Comprehensive electronic financial management capabilities
- Convenient provider search and matching
- Comprehensive place management
- Extensive incident and investigation management leads
- Single source for accreditation, license, contracts, and background-check tracking capabilities
- Integrated eligibility capabilities and service plans for optimized child care plans
- Framework for agencies to collaborate for the best outcomes
- Flexible configuration reduces customization needs and accelerates return on investment
- Phased Implementation options
Supporting Materials
...11.9 million children or six in ten children under the age of five, were enrolled in some form of child care during the previous year.
The Quality Counts report, published in Education Week