To create a public profile for parents to view information about your agency, you must do this through the CareConnect Provider website. Below are instructions on how to set up your public profile. 

If you are a Family daycare provider please refer to this article for tips on the differences between a Public Profile for an agency vs. a Public profile for your Family daycare center. 

 

You will need to log in to Care Connect Provider and go into the Marketing tab's Public Profile section.

To create a public profile, click on the Site Name of the site you want to create the Public Profile for. 

You will then be prompted to fill out your Child Care agency's information on these pages.

 

The Program Basics tab will be the general information on your Profile that is the first piece of information the parent will see when opening your public profile.

Program Name: Your Program name should be "Agency name-site name."  For example, if Flowers is my agency name and my site name is Poppy Seeds. My program name would be Flowers - Poppy Seeds.

Program Description: A brief description of your program and what you offer. We recommend that you keep the Program Description to be 2-3 sentences. 

Phone Number, Email: Input the phone number and email that you wish for parents to be contacting you with.

Website: The landing page that you want parents to be going to. 

After filling this page out click the Next button on the bottom to fill out Program Hours and Rates

 

The Program Hours and Rates tab will be where you input the age ranges you serve, program fees, hours, and schedule.

Age: The age range you service. Input the minimum and maximum age of the children that your program will admit. 

Budget and Subsidy: If you have a monthly or minimum fee you can go ahead and check box one of the options. 

Hours: The hours of operation of your child care. You can also select specific hours to add i.e. Weekend, Before Care, After Care, Evening Care, Overnight, or 24 hours. You can also add a schedule that says i.e. Full Time, Part Time, or Drop In. 

**If your site has multiple hours you may add this into your Program Info Section**

The Program Info page you will be able to find in the next tab.

 

The Program Info tab will be where information regarding Calendar, Activities, and additional Program Information will be captured.

Calendar: Input whether your program is a Full Year, School Year, Summer Only, or not specified. 

Activities: The activities that your program offers

Program Info: Any additional information you would like for parents to be able to view. This can be more detailed information about the curriculums that your program offers, your program's philosophy, program highlights, etc. 

After filling this page out click the Next button on the bottom to fill out Education & Support.

 

The Education & Support tab will be where specific information regarding the curriculum is.

Curriculum: The curriculum that is offered by your child care agency's site. 

Accommodations: The accommodations your site provides to the child(ren).

Medical: What your site can provide in regard to medical matters. 

Language:  The Languages your site offers for your program. 

After filling this page out click the Next button on the bottom to fill out Subsidies & Funding.

 

The Subsidies & Funding tab will be where information regarding financial assistance will be.

Financial Assistance: The types of financial assistance offered by your agency. 

Assistance info: Any additional information you would like to include for your financial assistance. 

After filling this page out click the Next button on the bottom to fill out Branding.

 

The Branding page is where you will be able to customize your profile with your logo and header.

Logo Image: If your Child Care Agency has multiple sites we recommend that you keep your logo image the same across sites. 

**Note that if you do not have a logo image your profile will not be shown first as opposed to an agency that has a logo image**

After filling this page out click the Next button on the bottom to fill out Photos.

 

The Photos tab will be where you can place any additional photos that you would like to display for the families. You may add up to 6 photos to add to your public profile. 

After filling this page out click the Next button on the bottom to fill out Availability.

 

The Availability tab will be where your agency can tell parents about upcoming vacancies or current openings. 

Profile Searchable Checkbox: If this box is checked, parents may be able to search for your agency. However, if you wish for your page to not be viewable for parents you would have to uncheck this box. 

To make sure that this information is up-to-date, it is required that you update this information every 30 days. However, your agency may require you to update this even more frequently during the busy enrollment sessions. 
After filling this page out click the Next button on the bottom to fill out Video.

 

The Video tab will be where if your agency had any YouTube videos they would like to include on their profile they would be able to add here. 

**This feature will be added in a future version of CareConnect**

 

The Location tab will be where you input the location of where your Child Care Site is located. 

After filling this page out click the Next button on the bottom to fill out Social Media.

 

The Social Media tab will be where you input your organization's Yelp URL and Facebook URL. 

**This feature will be added in a future version of CareConnect**

 

The Quality tab will be where you can add associations and accreditations that your childcare agency has. 

After filling this page out click the SAVE button on the bottom, then click PROFILE PREVIEW to view your Public Profile.

Note that your page will not automatically be searchable, as the organization that is going to house your public profile will need to review and publish your profile.