Built because the admin work was breaking centers.
PebbleDesk is built for licensed childcare centers that need ratio tracking, subsidy billing, and audit-ready records — without rebuilding those records by hand every week. The product is designed around the reality of a director who manages compliance, staffing, and billing from one desk, usually without a dedicated admin team.
Background
The problem we saw
Provider participation in the CCDF subsidy program fell from 475,394 in 2006 to 225,204 in 2022. The main drag is paperwork: attendance logs in one place, billing notes in another, licensing records somewhere else.
Most software optimized for the parent experience. Directors were still reconciling by hand before every claim. PebbleDesk is built the other way — starting from the director's desk, not the parent's phone.
What we focus on
Three things done well
Ratio tracking that catches gaps before the licensor does
Subsidy reconciliation tied to attendance, not rebuilt manually
Audit exports from one record, not three spreadsheets
Who this is for
Built for directors running licensed programs
Licensed centers with 16 to 75 children in Texas, California, Florida, or operating on CCDF programs in any state. We're expanding state-specific compliance support over time.
Data & security
Your center's records stay yours
All center data is isolated — no center can access another center's records — and stored in encrypted databases hosted in the United States.
See if PebbleDesk fits your center
1-month free trial. Credit card required. We email you 3 days before the trial ends.