Daycare Center Parent Referral Form

Grow Your Daycare Through Happy Parents

Word-of-mouth referrals are the most powerful marketing tool for any childcare center. When parents trust you with their children, they become your best advocates. Our Daycare Center Parent Referral Form makes it simple for satisfied families to recommend your services to friends, family, and neighbors—while earning rewards for their loyalty.

Designed for Childcare Providers and Early Learning Centers

This template is perfect for daycare centers, preschools, childcare facilities, and early learning academies looking to formalize their referral program. Instead of managing referrals through scattered emails and phone calls, you get one organized system that captures everything: the referring parent's details, the prospective family's information, child age and care schedule requirements, facility tour preferences, and automatic tuition credit tracking.

The form creates a warm, welcoming first impression that reflects the care and professionalism families expect from quality childcare providers. Every field is designed to gather the essential information your enrollment team needs while keeping the process friendly and straightforward for busy parents.

Streamline Enrollment and Tour Scheduling

When a referral comes through, you'll immediately know the child's age, preferred care schedule (full-time, part-time, drop-in), and any special considerations. This lets your team prepare personalized tour experiences and start conversations about availability and programming that match each family's needs.

The built-in tour scheduling feature means interested families can book their visit right away—no phone tag required. You can connect this form to your calendar, send automatic confirmation emails, and ensure every lead gets the attention they deserve before they explore other options.

Reward Loyalty with Tuition Credits

Your referring families deserve recognition. This template includes clear information about your tuition credit incentive, creating transparency and motivation. When a referred family completes enrollment, your system tracks who made the referral so you can apply credits accurately and keep parents engaged in growing your community.

Automate Follow-Up with Stepper

Connect this form to Stepper to create smart workflows that handle everything after submission. Automatically send welcome emails to prospective families, add tour appointments to your calendar, create follow-up tasks for your enrollment coordinator, notify your director when high-priority referrals come in, and trigger tuition credit processing when enrollments are confirmed. Stepper keeps your childcare center running smoothly while you focus on what matters most—caring for children.

Built for Trust and Compliance

Parents trust you with their most precious responsibility, so data security matters. This form template is built on Paperform's SOC 2 Type II compliant platform, ensuring that all family information is handled with care and professionalism. You can customize success messages, integrate with your CRM or childcare management software, and maintain complete records for every referral.

Whether you run a small home-based daycare or manage multiple early learning centers, this referral form template helps you grow sustainably through the families who know you best.