For licensed childcare centers

Connect center operations and compliance records

hayway connects attendance, live staff-to-child ratios, tuition billing, subsidy records, staff scheduling, and family communication. Pro adds predictive ratio forecasting and compliance scans.

  • Live staff-to-child ratios
  • Compliance scanner
  • Subsidy reconciled to attendance
Live ratios · TodayIllustrative
Preschool1:8 · limit 1:10
Toddler2:9 · limit 1:5
Infant1:4 · at capacity
7-day forecast: Wednesday needs a floater in Toddler.
Built for the daily grind

Everything a busy center watches, in one place

From check-in to the invoice run, hayway connects attendance, ratio status, staff records, subsidy records, and billing workflows.

Live staff-to-child ratios

Every room shows its current ratio against your state limit as staff and children check in and out. When a room drifts toward the line, you see it before a licensing visitor would.

7-day ratio forecast

Pro includes a predictive view that projects coverage gaps up to seven days out from scheduled attendance and staffing.

Compliance scanner

Pro includes a scanner for staff certifications, file completeness, and ratio history against configured compliance rules.

Biometric / passkey check-in

Opt-in WebAuthn check-in uses each device FaceID or TouchID, with a PIN or QR fallback. Every sign-in and sign-out updates the live ratio for that room instantly.

Subsidy & voucher-risk monitoring

Subsidy claims reconcile against recorded attendance, and a voucher-risk monitor watches for absence patterns that could threaten a child placement or a reimbursement.

Automated tuition billing

Recurring invoices, flat-rate or age-based or hourly tuition, sibling discounts, prepaid wallets, and parent self-checkout, all reconciled idempotently, with year-end tax statements.

Why centers choose hayway

One workflow for center records and daily operations

The work that drains a director day (sign-in sheets, ratio math, subsidy reconciliation, the monthly tuition chase) runs in the background instead.

Keep compliance records together

Ratio history, certification tracking, and the compliance scanner keep operational records organized for review.

Cut the front-desk crunch

Self-service check-in and recurring invoicing remove the daily sign-in clipboard and the end-of-month tuition chase from your directors plate.

Review subsidy exceptions

Attendance-matched subsidy claims and voucher-risk monitoring surface records that may need attention.

hayway includes configured regulation data for Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, and Tennessee. Confirm requirements with the official agency.
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See your rooms, ratios, and billing on one screen

Walk through live ratios and tuition billing, plus Pro forecasting and compliance scans. Runs alongside your state system, month to month.