As the panic around COVID-19 ramped up, many child care programs saw attendance diminish to a trickle as non-essential businesses were forced to close, parents were furloughed, and schools all over the nation shut down. With that reduced attendance came reduced tuition income and a new focus on adapting to a socially distant, more contactless world.

Now, as parents head back to the workplace and schools carefully transition from virtual to in-person learning, child care centers are just beginning to see attendance rebound. What has not changed is the focus on becoming contactless, and organizations are turning to technology—management software specifically—to meet the demands of the new normal.