The easiest way to share information about your child care program with Minnesota families.
The Child Care Aware of Minnesota Program Update Tool is the fastest and easiest to way to update your child care business information and your ParentAware.org profile. In just a few short minutes, you can update your hours of operation, ages served, and rate information. You can also promote your current openings by age group.
The information we collect, especially price data, helps us compare child care costs and subsidy rates in the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP).
You do not need a Parent Aware Rating to use the Update Tool.
To activate your Update Tool account, email our support team and include your program’s license ID or certification number, zip code, and a current email address. Our team will reply with your login information and directions to access your account. Once your account is active, you’ll have immediate access to the information displayed in your profile.
Questions about the Update Tool? Email UpdateTool@childcareawaremn.org.
If you have never used the Program Update Tool or haven’t updated your information since March 2022, you’ll need to activate your account first. Email our support team at UpdateTool@childcareawaremn.org and include your program’s license ID or certification number, zip code, and a current email address. Our team will reply with a link to access your account. Follow the link to the login page, your email address and temporary password will automatically be displayed in the sign in field. Your temporary password can be changed once you login to your account. Click “Login” to access your account for the first time.
Once you have activated your account, you can type in your email address and password and then click ‘Login’ to access your account. If you forget your password or have issues logging in, you can click ‘Request Password’ to reset your login information.
While signed in, select the ‘Update Data’ tab on the upper left-hand side of the tool and select the ‘+’ to expand and update each section. You can change your password in the login password field. Be sure to click ‘Save’ when you are done making all your changes. Items in gray cannot be updated by the program. You must reach out to your licensor to have this information updated.
After updating your information, click ‘Logout’ in the upper right-hand corner. Changes to your account will be reflected within 24 business hours.
We encourage you to update your program information at least four times per year, but you can update your information using the Program Update Tool at any time. The most common updates programs make include hours of operation, ages served, rate information, and your current openings.