Free for families
OCR is free for parents and will stay free for parents. Families should not have to pay just to find care, show interest, or manage their childcare search.
Why OCR
A better way to find childcare should exist.
I am Deepanshu, a local dad of two and a software engineer. I am building OneChildCareRegistry because I know the feeling of trying to find care for your child while wondering if every call, form, and follow-up is still not enough. OCR is my attempt to give parents one unified waitlist instead of a dozen separate chases. For families seeking childcare, OCR is built to stay free.
The problem
Waitlists are too often broken.
Many of us do everything we are supposed to do. We call. We fill out forms. We follow up. We wait. And still, it can feel like nobody can tell us where we stand or whether being patient even matters.
I started OCR to make that process more organized, more transparent, and easier for families. Parents should have one trusted place to discover daycares, show interest, join official waitlists as daycares onboard, and understand what happens next.
Founder
Built from a real childcare search.
I am a local dad of two, a software engineer at Microsoft, and ex-AWS. I started OneChildCareRegistry after seeing how much time families spend chasing daycare availability across separate lists, emails, phone calls, and forms, while carrying the emotional weight of finding the right place for their child.
My goal is practical: help families find and track care in one place, reduce confusion, and make the childcare search easier to understand at every step.
Commitment
What we are building toward.
Fairness first
Waitlists should not depend on who emailed most recently. OCR is built around clearer rules, verified families, and more transparent offer workflows.
Privacy by design
I am building this for families, not data resale. A daycare can see basic details only for families connected to its own waitlist, and OCR does not sell family data.
Start local, build for Canada
The pilot starts in Langley, BC because that is where the problem became personal. The longer-term goal is a unified, secure childcare registry model across Canada.
Pilot
Starting in Langley, BC.
Families can browse daycares, show interest in providers that matter to them, and join official waitlists as daycares come onboard.