totkare.com is a new website to find childcare providers with over 140,000 provider listings across the U.S. These include nannies, babysitters, home day care facilities, day care centers, Montessori schools and others. You can search within 20 miles of an address, city or a zip code. Results are presented both on a map and as individual listings with detailed provider information. Links to city or county audits for licensed day care providers are also available. These audits are conducted by the city or county officials to ensure a good level of care and service is provided. totkare.com also goes a step further by providiing downloadable/
All this functionality is delivered through an easy-to-use interface. This website is a free service for both parents and providers.
"totkare.com has its genesis in our personal experiences when looking for a careprovider for our children", say Alok Jain and Naveen Vemula, the co-founders. Comparable services such as Craigslist.org, Care.com, Sittercity.com and others are useful but either charge a fee or require significant time and effort to get to a meaningful set of results. totkare.com addresses these issues by providing a fresh and straight-forward interface; consolidated and easy-to-read results; useful resources to help parents through their search and last but not the least, all of this at no cost. Parents also have the option to rate providers - helping others narrow down choices. Upcoming enhancements to totkare.com include the ability to search by name and to filter results by the type of provider.
A walkthrough video is available at http://totkare.com/
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