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PebbleDesk Features

See how the daily record stays audit-ready. Start with the director workflow you need to run clearly today.

Audit-ready workflows

The problem: daily childcare records scatter before audit week.

Attendance, ratios, family records, billing, and staff notes often live in separate places. Directors then have to rebuild the story when a parent, subsidy agency, or licensing reviewer asks what happened.

The solution: each PebbleDesk feature feeds the same audit-ready record.

Start with the workflow creating rework today, then move to the nearby features that shape the same record. Each page explains the problem first and shows how PebbleDesk keeps the record connected for licensed centers, family childcare homes, and multi-site programs.

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Daily operations

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Family and room records

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Billing and compliance

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Child Development Logs for Childcare Centers

Alternative

PebbleDesk tracks developmental milestones and observation notes so directors can keep conference-ready child development records.

Updated May 20, 2026 Feature

Incident Reporting for Licensed Childcare Centers

Alternative

PebbleDesk digital incident reports stay attached to the child file and are searchable during licensing inspections, no lost paper reports.

Updated May 20, 2026 Feature

Messaging and Alerts for Childcare Centers

Alternative

PebbleDesk supports outbound announcements, alerts, direct messages, and inbound guardian replies from the same system that holds the operational record.

Updated May 20, 2026 Feature

Family Records for Childcare Centers

Alternative

PebbleDesk helps directors keep guardian contacts, pickup permissions, billing context, and family messages connected to each child record.

Updated May 20, 2026 Feature

Waitlist Management for Childcare Centers

Alternative

PebbleDesk waitlist records keep prospective children, guardians, dates of birth, subsidy context, and enrollment status in the same director-side file.

Updated May 20, 2026 Feature

CACFP Tracking for Licensed Childcare Centers

Alternative

PebbleDesk ties CACFP meal counts to attendance records so directors are not re-entering data separately for every claim submission.

Updated Apr 29, 2026 Feature

Classroom Management for Licensed Childcare Centers

Alternative

PebbleDesk organizes children and staff by classroom so ratio compliance and room capacity can be monitored in real time.

Updated Apr 29, 2026 Feature

Staff Credential Tracking for Childcare Centers

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PebbleDesk tracks background checks, CPR certifications, and training hours with expiration alerts before credentials lapse during an inspection.

Updated Apr 29, 2026 Feature

Attendance Tracking for Licensed Childcare Centers

Alternative

PebbleDesk captures attendance as part of the compliance record, with room context, edit history, and reports that support billing and licensing follow-up.

Updated Apr 22, 2026 Feature

Audit Reports for Childcare Centers

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PebbleDesk pulls attendance, ratio, billing, and audit-log context into reports that are easy to review when licensing or finance questions arise.

Updated Apr 22, 2026 Feature

Billing and Payments for Childcare Centers

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PebbleDesk keeps invoices, payment status, public payment links, and QuickBooks-ready billing context in one operating record.

Updated Apr 22, 2026 Feature

Enrollment and Records for Childcare Centers

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PebbleDesk keeps children, guardians, classrooms, authorized pickup, billing contacts, and subsidy eligibility in a record structure directors can actually use.

Updated Apr 22, 2026 Feature

Imports and Migration for Childcare Centers

Alternative

PebbleDesk supports CSV import plus Brightwheel and Procare migration presets so centers can start from real data instead of rekeying everything.

Updated Apr 22, 2026 Feature

Multi-Location Oversight for Childcare Operators

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Cross-center visibility and center switching for Group and Enterprise childcare operators, with sales-led rollout support for Enterprise.

Updated Apr 22, 2026 Feature

Ratio Tracking for Childcare Centers

Alternative

PebbleDesk helps directors monitor room coverage and preserve a cleaner compliance record when staffing and attendance shift during the day.

Updated Apr 22, 2026 Feature

Staff Scheduling Software for Childcare Centers

Alternative

PebbleDesk helps directors plan staffing with room coverage in mind so scheduling is connected to compliance work instead of floating beside it.

Updated Apr 22, 2026 Feature

Subsidy Billing for Childcare Centers

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PebbleDesk helps operators keep subsidy workflows, supporting records, and audit exports closer together so reimbursement work does not live in spreadsheets.

Updated Apr 22, 2026 Feature

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Frequently asked

Common questions before you try it

Does PebbleDesk handle my state's subsidy reporting?
PebbleDesk enforces state-mandated staff-to-child ratios for Texas, California, and Florida. Generic ratio and licensing workflows are available for all other states. State-specific licensing report formats are available for TX (HHSC 2936), CA (LIC 9040), and FL (DCF CF-FSP 5337).
How does ratio tracking work?
PebbleDesk tracks staff-to-child ratios from check-ins and room assignments. The goal is to show the gap while the director can still fix the room, not after the licensor writes it down.
Can I import data from Brightwheel or Procare?
Import from CSV, with column mapping presets for Brightwheel and Procare. Works for child rosters, family contacts, and billing records.
What happens if my internet goes down?
PebbleDesk is online-only in V1. If your connection drops, keep a paper fallback for temporary attendance notes and enter them once service returns.