start a daycare

Start a Daycare: The Licensing Process

August 24, 2011

Tweet Tweet The information that follows explains the GENERAL process for licensing. You must check with your local and state licensing agency for the laws and regulations that apply to you. To begin the daycare licensing process you will most likely need to attend an orientation. Next you will need to complete an application packet [...]

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Increase Enrollment with a Daycare Incentives Program

August 23, 2010

Tweet Tweet Marketing your daycare business is a full-time year-round task. Besides advertising your daycare business with flyers, business cards, open houses, and online ads, there is another smart option: Start a new client incentives program. Offering incentives for enrolling as well as incentives when a client refers a family to your child care business [...]

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Interviews with Daycare Business Owners: Meet Shannon Van Rompaey

May 24, 2010

Tweet Tweet As part of our Interviews with Daycare Business Owners series, we interviewed Shannon Van Rompaey, owner of Shannon’s Home Daycare in London, Ontario Canada. OwnADaycare: When and why did you start your daycare/childcare business? Shannon Van Rompaey: I started my home daycare in March 2007 OwnADaycare: What is the best bit of advice [...]

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Interviews with Daycare Business Owners: Meet Mariann Kindle

May 23, 2010

Tweet Tweet As part of our Interviews with Daycare Business Owners series, we interviewed Mariann Kindle of Kindle Kids Daycare in Andover, KS. OwnADaycare: Please describe your childcare business. When and why did you start your daycare/childcare business? Mariann Kindle: I am a licensed home daycare and currently have eight children ages birth to six [...]

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Interviews with Daycare Business Owners: Meet Sandy Hilton

May 19, 2010

Tweet Tweet As part of our Interviews with Daycare Business Owners series, we interviewed Sandy Hilton of Sandy’s Care N Share Child Care in Trempealeau, WI. OwnADaycare: When and why did you start your daycare/childcare business? Sandy Hilton: My name is Sandy Hilton, and I own, Sandy’s Care N Share Child Care, located in Trempealeau, [...]

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Daycare Center Alternatives

December 9, 2008

Tweet Tweet Daycare centers are play area where working parents can leave their child for the day so that the parent may be able to go to work. Not all find a happy situation with regards to engaging the services of a day care facility for a child. So if a child is unhappy in [...]

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