Every family heard. Every conversation on the record.

ParentComm is the family-engagement platform built for Head Start — two-way communication in each family's preferred language and format, one shared timeline for teachers, family advocates, and health staff, and engagement documentation that writes itself for federal review.

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Now enrolling a small cohort of pilot programs for the upcoming school year.

132 of 149children in the Detroit classrooms shaping ParentComm hear a language other than English at home
100+languages supported for two-way family messaging
1302.50the Head Start standard ParentComm is designed around
Illustration of a preschool teacher with a tablet welcoming children and their families at a classroom doorway

Designed in a real Head Start classroom — not adapted from somewhere else.

ParentComm is being shaped with Head Start educators in Detroit, where in one program's classrooms 132 of 149 children hear a language other than English at home. For those families, a translated text isn't enough — many parents are more comfortable listening than reading, in any language.

So ParentComm starts where families actually are: voice notes, short videos, and picture-based updates, delivered in the family's preferred language — while teachers keep working in theirs. And because Head Start runs on a team model, the family advocate and health staff see the same conversation, not a forwarded screenshot.

The mandate is specific. The tools should be too.

Family engagement in Head Start isn't a nice-to-have feature — it's a federal performance standard tied to funding and monitored at review.

Programs must offer “respectful, ongoing two-way communication” with families, engage them “in the family's preferred language,” and use individualized communication methods that account for language, preferred contact methods, cultural background, and literacy levels. — Head Start Program Performance Standards, 45 CFR §1302.50
  • What federal reviewers ask forDocumented evidence of two-way communication and family engagement — not a sign-in sheet.
  • What programs assemble todayScreenshots, paper logs, and spreadsheet archaeology in the weeks before a review.
  • What ParentComm producesA timestamped engagement record per family, exportable for your reviewer — generated as the work happens.

One family timeline for the whole Head Start team

K-12 texting apps don't know what a family advocate is. Daycare apps are built around billing. ParentComm is built around the Head Start operating model.

Teachers

Classroom, in their language

Daily updates, photos, and reminders go out once — and arrive translated for every family in the room, each in their own preferred language and format.

Family advocates

The role nobody builds for

Home-visit notes, family partnership goals, and follow-ups live on the same timeline as classroom messages — no separate system, no lost context between visits.

Health & nutrition

Screenings without the phone tag

Health reminders, screening results, and referrals reach families in a format they'll actually answer — and every response is documented automatically.

Two-way, in 100+ languages

Families reply in their language; staff read it in theirs. Translation runs both directions, on every message.

  • Per-family preferred language, set once
  • Incoming replies translated for staff
  • Delivery confirmed per family, not per blast

Built for every literacy level

Translation isn't comprehension. ParentComm leads with the formats families actually use.

  • Voice notes families can record and hear
  • Picture-based daily updates
  • Short video messages from teachers

Compliance that writes itself

Every message, visit note, and goal check-in is timestamped and filed to the family's engagement record.

  • Family partnership goal tracking
  • Home-visit documentation in the flow of work
  • Reviewer-ready exports, any time

Try it: one message, every family

Pick a message and a family's preferred language. Watch what the family receives — and what lands in the engagement record.

1 · Choose a message from Ms. Carter

2 · Choose the family's preferred language

Demo conversations are illustrative. In the pilot, translation runs live in 100+ languages and replies come back to staff in English.

Family engagement record — Amara's family

  1. Enrollment: preferred language and voice-note preference recorded
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Mateo's FamilyPreferred language: Español
Tap “Send it to the family” and watch this phone. Waiting for Ms. Carter's message…
What the family sees on their phone

Priced for grant-funded reality

No quote-only pricing, no per-message surprises. ParentComm is priced per classroom so a site director can do the math without a sales call.

Single Classroom
Free

For one classroom getting started — or a teacher champion proving it works.

  • 1 classroom, up to 20 families
  • Two-way messaging in 100+ languages
  • Voice, photo & video updates
  • Basic engagement record
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PILOT COHORT
Program
$25–40 / classroom / mo

For centers and grantees rolling out across classrooms, with the full Head Start workflow.

  • Unlimited families per classroom
  • Family advocate & health staff roles
  • Family partnership goal tracking
  • Home-visit documentation
  • Reviewer-ready engagement exports
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Grantee / Agency
Custom

For multi-site grantees standardizing family engagement across a service area.

  • Everything in Program
  • Cross-site engagement reporting
  • Onboarding in families' home languages
  • Priority support for federal reviews
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Pilot programs run free for the full pilot term. Final pricing is set with pilot programs before any charge — no program will ever be surprised by an invoice.

Pilot ParentComm with the educators building it

We're enrolling a small cohort of Head Start programs to pilot ParentComm with real classrooms and real family advocates — and to shape the roadmap with us.

  • Free for the entire pilot term, every classroom included
  • Onboarding for staff and families, in families' home languages
  • A documented engagement record from day one, ready for your next review
  • Direct line to the product team — pilot feedback sets the roadmap

Request a pilot spot

Tell us about your program. We'll prepare a pilot request you can copy or download and send to us — nothing leaves this page until you do.

Questions program directors ask us

How is this different from Brightwheel or a K-12 messaging app?

Brightwheel is built around daycare billing and daily care logs; K-12 tools assume one teacher texting English-speaking parents. ParentComm is built around the Head Start operating model: teachers, family advocates, and health staff sharing one family timeline, with family partnership goals, home-visit documentation, and engagement evidence generated for HSPPS §1302.50 as the work happens.

Many of our families don't read confidently in any language. Does translation actually help them?

That's exactly why ParentComm leads with voice notes, picture-based updates, and short videos alongside text. Families choose their preferred language and format at enrollment, and can always reply by voice. Translation handles the language; the format handles the literacy — the standard explicitly asks for both.

What do we get for a federal review?

A timestamped, per-family engagement record: messages sent and answered in the family's preferred language, home visits, goal check-ins, and health follow-ups — exportable per family, per classroom, or program-wide. Instead of reconstructing engagement before a review, you export it.

What does the pilot cost, and what happens after?

The pilot is free for its full term, including onboarding. Pilot programs help set final per-classroom pricing ($25–40 per classroom per month is the planned range) and lock in pilot pricing before any paid plan begins. No program is ever charged without a signed agreement.

How do families join? Do they need a smartphone or an app download?

Families are enrolled by staff at intake — language and format preferences are captured once, as part of the family partnership process they already complete. Families receive messages on the phones they already have; no separate account creation or app-store trip is required to start.