DENVER, March 4,
2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Procare Solutions, a leader in
child care management software for more than 30 years, released our
third annual report on early childhood education and the child care
industry. For the first time, the data-packed report includes a
teacher-focused supplement, including what challenges they face and
how directors can support them.
The 2025 Procare Solutions Child Care Business Report also
includes insights from ECE experts on topics ranging from classroom
management to maximizing revenue. And it delves into
government-funded ECE programs with a look at how public funds to
providers could be impacted in the coming year.
The findings in this report have been collected from a
comprehensive survey shared with more than 100,000 child care
leaders, directors, teachers (who completed a specialized survey)
and other stakeholders in our industry.
Four main challenges were highlighted: hiring and retaining
staff, maintaining consistent enrollment, staff burnout and limited
access to public funding such as grants and subsidies.
Other findings of the report include:
- More than 180,000 seats in child care centers have been added
since 2019, even as the number of young children in the country has
dropped.
- One-third of respondents say they rely on grants to run their
business.
- Around one-third of respondents continue to create their own
curriculum. A similar number still rely on paper-based
curriculum.
- Respondents to the Procare Solutions survey who said they use a
daycare app increased 7% from last year, which confirms that family
engagement apps are no longer a nice perk – parents expect them,
and they are a necessity for real-time communication.
- Over half of teachers who took the survey said using child care
management software made their daily tasks easier and a similar
number said it saves a "significant" amount of time.
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Teachers who completed the Procare Solutions survey said
professional development training would help them overcome the
challenges they encounter in their careers.
Yet even as ECE teachers ask for more training, roughly a
quarter of respondents have no plans to implement professional
training.
"By working together, we can address these challenges while also
supporting the workforce that makes ECE possible," said
Jon Pollock, Chief Product Officer
of Procare Solutions. "Investing in staff training improves their
job satisfaction, and teachers who have earned a Child Development
Associate credential are better equipped to meet the needs of young
learners."
With the help of technology such as child care management
software to support busy child care owners and directors, and
online professional development programs designed for busy
teachers, the challenges outlined in the report can be overcome.
The data in this report will help child care leaders make plans to
grow their businesses while supporting their
staff.
Download your free copy of the 2025 Procare Solutions Child Care
Business Report to make informed decisions on how best to thrive in
child care this year, and beyond.
For more information or to schedule an interview about the
report, email Leah Woodbury, head of
content at Procare Solutions, at
ltwoodbury@procaresoftware.com.
About Procare Solutions
For over 30 years, Procare Solutions has been dedicated to
empowering early childhood educators by providing products and
services that enable them to focus on the care, safety and
education of children.
We recognize the responsibility that comes with nurturing and
educating children, which is why our child care management
solutions are designed to automate business processes, help ensure
safety and compliance, communicate with families and provide
educational resources and training to help teachers and children
thrive.
Over 40,000 satisfied customers have chosen Procare Solutions as
their trusted partner in providing exceptional care for young
minds.
Procare Solutions is a business unit of Roper Technologies
(Nasdaq: ROP), a constituent of the Nasdaq 100, S&P 500 and
Fortune 1000. For more information, please visit
ProcareSolutions.com.
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