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12 hours

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Mode of learning

Online

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  • This course is targeted toward individuals wishing to run a home-based child care center
  • It covers topics such as the fundamentals of an in-home childcare setting as a business; the importance of financial management of a child care center; the creation of a child care contract; and an exploration of how to set tuition rates
  • This course includes the development of one of three imperative sections of the handbook
  • The remaining two sections are created in complementary courses of the Home-Based Child Care series available on Coursera

Child Care as a Business
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Curriculum

Introduction: Family Policy Handbook Project

Family Policy Handbook Introduction to the Final Project for Home-Based Child Care

Family Policy Handbook: Purpose

Introduction to a Home-Based Child Care Program

Basics of Home-Based Childcare

Operating a Home-Based Childcare

Start-Up Costs for Home-Based Childcare

What Home-Based Childcare Means

How to Start a Daycare in Your Home

Cost Estimation Model and Family Childcare

Family Policy Handbook Section #13: Requirements and Start-up Costs

The Basics of Home-Based Childcare

Operating a Home-Based Childcare

Start-Up Costs for Home-Based Childcare

Bookkeeping Basics

Bookkeeping Basics with Tom Copeland w/video

Income and Expense

Your Responsibility to Your Clients and Self-Employed Taxes

Insurance Policies

What is Taxable and Nontaxable Income?

Liability Insurance Types

Family Policy Handbook Section #14: Bookkeeping Basics and Insurance

Bookkeeping Basics

Taxable Income

Disclosure Responsibilities to Clients

Liability Insurance

Childcare Contracts

What Goes into a Contract

Policy Handbook Contents

Childcare.gov Resource Video

How to Create a Childcare Contract

How to find Resources for your Specific State

Family Policy Handbook Section #15: Contracts, including State Resources

Contract

Policy Handbook

Resources

Rate Setting and Invoice Processing

Setting Market Rates

Setting Policy Terms

Cost of Quality

How much should you charge for in home daycare?

How to Make Payment Policies for Home Daycare

The True Cost of High Quality Childcare

Family Policy Handbook Section #16: Rate Setting and Invoice Processing

Rate Setting

Payment Terms and Conditions

Cost of Quality

Project Assessment: Family Policy Handbook, Including a Business Plan

Child Care as a Business
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    Important Dates

    May 25, 2024
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