The Operating System for Modern Childcare Centers
1Core brings enrollment, attendance, billing, payments, and family communication into one platform. BUSoft engineered the platform that made it possible. Today 1Core runs 329 centers across the United States and Canada, and we are still shipping it.
THE CHALLENGE
Enrollment, staffing, billing, and family communication depend on one another. When their records sit across paper files and separate tools, directors have to make those connections themselves.
Operational Overload
Time Spent Reconciling Records
Separate enrollment, attendance, and financial records require repeated updates and manual checks, adding administrative work to the day.
Fragmented Communication
Families Updated Across Separate Channels
Calls, notes, and unrelated apps divide daily reports, billing notices, and urgent messages, making context harder for staff and families to follow.
Safety & Compliance Risk
Evidence That Takes Time to Assemble
Manually maintained attendance, staffing ratios, and health records make compliance reviews more demanding and introduce opportunities for error.
Staffing Pressure
Limited Staff Visibility Across
Centers
Center-by-center scheduling makes it harder to coordinate staffing across locations and maintain a clear view of classroom coverage and ratios.
Features of 1Core
We connected 1Core's core childcare workflows through shared child and family records, with dedicated experiences for administrators, teachers, parents, and check-in staff.
BUILT FOR GROWTH
1Core Solution needed to serve different operating models, brands, and regional requirements. We designed the platform around a shared codebase that accommodates those variations within one product.
Market Reach
Serve Centers and Larger Networks
A common operating structure supports single centers and groups with multiple locations, giving 1Core the flexibility to serve customers with different management needs.
Brand
Make Each Customer's Identity Visible
Configurable branding extends to family-facing experiences, allowing operators to present their own identity while remaining on the shared platform.
Geography
Accommodate Regional Requirements
Regional routing and payment processor options support operations in the United States and Canada, alongside workflows for state childcare subsidy reporting.
Revenue
Camp management, mobile apps, and add-on modules broaden the platform's offering, while family, agency, and subsidy billing reflect how childcare is funded.
Partnerships
Give Integrations a Defined Foundation
A governed API gives every connection one documented interface. Eleven integrations already extend the platform across payments, workforce operations, and reporting.
Commitment
Give Product Development a Steady Rhythm
A planned monthly release cycle creates a regular structure for ongoing development, connecting customer requests with delivery planning and production support.
THE PARTNERSHIP
Where Childcare Expertise Becomes Product Capability
Engineering Across the Platform
Our work spans web portals, native applications, billing and ledgers, integrations, and the platform's operating structure. These connected layers support the different ways centers, staff, and families use 1Core.
A Partnership That Continues in Production
We continue that work through release management, tiered support, and ongoing development. Our account-level delivery reporting keeps completed work visible as the platform evolves.
Waitlist & Enrollment
Seamlessly manage applications, waitlists, and enrollment workflows while reducing manual tasks and administrative workload.
UNDER THE HOOD
Great software does not pass its complexity on to the people using it. We engineered 1Core so its architecture, data, integrations, security, and delivery work together beneath an experience that remains clear in everyday use.
Architecture and Scale
Built Across Every Level - One multi-tenant architecture connects franchise, company, region, center, and classroom, with brand configurations handled inside a shared codebase.
Domain and Data
The Complexity Stays With Us - One child record supports separate household ledgers and portals, while care data, three billing engines, six charge types and licensing ratios stay connected.
Integration
Connected at the Core - A governed Open API connects 11 systems. One attendance record feeds billing, subsidy reporting, meal records, and family updates without duplicating the underlying data.
Security and Compliance
Controls Designed In - Role-based access, check-in geofencing, audit trails, and ledger separation protect critical workflows. We operate to ISO 9001, ISO 27001, and AICPA SOC 2 Type 2.
Reliability and Experience
Built to Keep Running - Parallel delivery tracks support monthly releases and urgent fixes through tiered triage. Four web portals and four native apps serve distinct users across iOS and Android.
One Accountable Team
One Team, End to End - One accountable team carries discovery, design, development, testing, deployment, and support, preserving engineering context from architecture through production.
IMPACT IN NUMBERS
An idea earns its value when it becomes something people can rely on. With 1Core, we translated product vision into a platform that supports centers, families, and critical operations every day, creating value that continues well beyond launch.
329
299,129
$219.5M
9.9M
What We Engineered
17 functional modules across five organizational levels
Eight applications: four web portals and four native apps
11 integrated third-party systems
More than 50 operational and compliance reports
How We Support Its Continued Operation
A planned monthly release cadence
98% of support tickets closed within 2025
Tiered triage across support and development
Delivery tracked and reported by client account
Transforming Childcare Management Through Innovation
Montessori School of Silicon Valley
Director
“Despite 2020’s challenges, 1Core’s outstanding and innovative features empowered us for success.”
Little Inspirations
Founder and Executive Director
“1Core has truly helped our childcare center to streamline our admissions and enrollment process at a crucial time.”
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