Step 12 of 22 · Your first week
Home visits
Home visits: no visit on record, quarters to explain, not yet this quarter, inspected this quarter; each home with its status, the last visit and Log a visit.
Watch out: Only an inspection without prior notice counts toward the quarter; the initial inspection never does (s. 26(1)). A home with no child in care is not counted against you.
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The initial inspection and the unannounced quarterly visits for every provider, with the checklist uploaded. A quarter that passes without a visit shows as overdue for that home.
Each provider's home is inspected before it is used, then without prior notice at least once in every quarter of each calendar year (O. Reg. 137/15, s. 26(1)); only an inspection without prior notice counts toward the quarter, and the initial inspection never does. The tiles count the homes with no visit on record, the quarters still to explain, the homes not yet inspected this quarter with the quarter's last day, and the homes inspected this quarter. The chips narrow the list; "By visitor" assigns a visitor to each home; "By quarter" is the grid below. A home with no child in care reads so and is not counted against you.
Your agency's words for people and its policies may differ; the screens are the same. The screen is from KeepCount 0.99.162, captured October 29, 2026 in a demonstration organization: everyone in it is fictional. Section numbers are O. Reg. 137/15 (General) under the Child Care and Early Years Act, 2014, read on e-Laws on October 20, 2026. This explains how KeepCount works; it is not legal advice, and the Ministry's program advisors decide compliance.