Business Resources
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Family Child Care Contracts and Policies, 3rd Edition
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Product Code: 107501
ISBN: 978-192961079-2
Format: Book and CD Set
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The most comprehensive family child care (daycare) contract book available now includes a CD-ROM with customizable forms and worksheets.
This third edition of Family Child Care Contract and Policies is completely revised and expanded. A business classic, it offers the most up-to-date tools you need to establish and enforce contracts and policies and to demonstrate provider professionalism.
Family Child Care Contracts and Policies explains:
- How to establish good business relationships with parents
- What to look for before signing contracts with parents
- The vital information to include in contracts and policies
- How to prevent conflicts with parents
- When and how to end a contract
Family Child Care Contracts and Policies offers expanded and updated information on:
- Handling rates, late payments, and other fees in your contract
- Resolving disputes with clients
- Enforcing your contract
- Writing comprehensive policies
- Terminating a contract
Softbound, 168 pgs.
$19.95
Family Child Care Marketing Guide, 2nd Edition
Tom Copeland
Product Code: 541129
ISBN: 978-1-60554-112-9
Format: Softbound
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Maximize your family child care (daycare) program’s enrollment and income with proven tips from Tom Copeland
Whether you are just starting out or have an established business, this resource provides the best marketing strategies for promoting your program and filling it to capacity—even during tough economic times. This second edition of Family Child Care Marketing Guide includes information to help you
- Identify and communicate the benefits of your program to prospective, current, and former clients
- Market your business using low-cost promotions, the Internet, and social media
- Network with professional organization and agencies
- Determine what rates you should charge
- Resolve common marketing issues and evaluate your marketing plan
This guide also contains checklists, worksheets, and forms to complement your marketing plan.
Softbound, 176 pgs.
$17.95
Family Child Care Legal and Insurance Guide
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Product Code: 108501
ISBN: 978-192961045-7
Format: Softbound
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Protect yourself and your business with legal and insurance strategies designed specifically for family child care providers.
The Family Child Care Legal and Insurance Guide takes the intimidation out of running a family child care business by helping you with legal and insurance planning. From researching and purchasing insurance to protecting against lawsuits, family child care expert Tom Copeland details the many practical ways you can maximize your knowledge about the safeguards needed to ensure the health and prosperity of your business.
Major chapters cover basic strategies for reducing your risks and researching, understanding, and purchasing insurance for your business and your family, including health, disability, and life policies. Other important topics discussed include:
- managing specific risks such as preventing child abuse and neglect, caring for sick and injured children, and complying with ADA requirements
- handling legal issues such as custody disputes between parents, privacy and confidentiality, and housing restrictions
- finding and using a lawyer
Includes a list of organizations and resources that help you research your options, as well as a sample transportation policy and business liability insurance checklist. An ideal resource for both beginning and experienced providers. Softbound, 230 pgs.
$17.95
Family Child Care Business Planning Guide
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Product Code: 112901
ISBN: 9781605540085
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A business plan is a comprehensive blueprint for how you will run your family child care business. This guide outlines each step for writing your own and explains how to use it to manage your business more effectively, whether you are just starting out or have an established operation.
You will find information on the considerations that you should weigh before you decide to become a family child care provider; how to write a start-up plan; how to create a first-year budget and estimate your first-year business income and expenses; and how to use your annual budget as a tool to help communicate with your clients and manage your business more effectively. Softbound, 104 pgs.
$17.95
Redleaf Calendar-Keeper 2017:
A Record-Keeping System for Family Child Care Providers
Product Code: 100017
ISBN: 978-1-60554-481-6
This calendar keeper and record-keeping system is the leading business tool for family child care professionals. It includes monthly expense charts, attendance and payment logs, mileage records, food program tallies, and detailed income tax worksheets-all making tax preparation easier and helping to reduce taxes. Also included are monthly nutritious recipes, activities, and helpful tips. With this calendar, all of the family child care professional’s business-related records are organized in one convenient place.
$18.95
Family Child Care Record Keeping Guide, 9th Edition
Tom Copeland
Product Code: 543970
ISBN: 978-1-60554-397-0
Format: Softbound
Publisher: Redleaf Press®
Everything you need to keep accurate records for your family child care business and save money on your taxes
Operating a family child care program can be both difficult and rewarding. Few people give as much of themselves or accept more responsibility than you do as a family child care provider. And few are more deserving of the satisfaction that comes from helping children learn and grow. However, there are other challenges that are equally important—taking care of your business by tracking your expenses, doing your taxes, and meeting government requirements.
This resource covers everything you need to keep accurate business records and save money on your taxes. If you pay close attention to the recommendations in this book, you will be able to claim the maximum allowable deductions and pay the lowest possible federal taxes.
This latest edition of Family Child Care Record-Keeping Guide includes descriptions of two new IRS depreciation rules that make it much easier to deduct items you previously had to depreciate. It also explains why you should avoid using a new Simplified Method to claim house expenses that benefits other home-based businesses, but not family child care providers. New clarifications on bartering, claiming hours as part of the Time-Space percentage, non-deductible expenses, bundled utility expenses, travel expenses, gifts, conducting a household inventory, business meals, and red flags are provided, as well as new links to outside resources where the latest tax information can be accessed. The information in this book applies to child care providers in every state, regardless of local regulations.
Softbound, 216 pgs.
$17.95
Redleaf Complete Forms Kit for Family Child Care Providers CD ROM
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Product Code: 112201
ISBN: 978-1-933653-43-3
Format: CD-ROM
Keep your business organized and save hours of time! This CD-ROM includes more than 150 child care forms—the most comprehensive and professionally presented forms available. Not only will you find standard forms such as enrollment and emergency authorization, but also forms such as sample press releases and parent program evaluations—all of which can be customized for your specific needs. Enjoy the convenience of completing the forms on your computer and then printing them out, rather than having to fill everything in by hand.
Forms are included for marketing, planning, registration and enrollment, finances, personnel issues, classroom maintenance, parental consent, curriculum, conferences, and health and safety. You must have Microsoft Word installed on your computer in order to use these forms.
Forms in this kit include:
About Your Program
• Calculating Rates
• Mission Statement
• Program Objectives
• Program Philosophy
Child Behavior
• Behavior Guidance, version 1
• Behavior Guidance, version 2
• Behavior Plan
• Behavior Record
• Biting Log
• Separation from Group
• Separation Log
Child-Family History
• Child-Family History (long form)
• Child-Family History (short form)
• Infant Health/Developmental History
• Preschooler Health/Developmental History
• Toddler Health/Developmental History
Child Reports
• Child Observation Report
• Daily Notes, version 1
• Daily Notes, version 2
• Infant Daily Report, version 1
• Infant Daily Report, version 2
• New Child Observation Report
• Potty Chart
• Weekly Information Form
Cleaning, Inspection, Supplies
• Cleaning Checklist
• Cleaning Record
• Daily Hazards Checklist
• Daily Household Chore List
• End of Day Checklist
• Hazard Inspection Record
• Health and Safety Checklist
• Maintenance Needed
• Supplies Needed
Conferences
• 2s Conference Form
• 3s Conference Form
• 4s and 5s Conference Form
• Conference Record
• Conference Request Form
• Infant Conference Form
• PreK Conference Form, version 1
• PreK Conference Form, version 2
• PreK Conference Form, version 3
• PreK Conference Form, version 4
• Toddler Conference Form
Emergencies
• Child Emergency Information
• Emergency Authorization Form
• Emergency Drill Log
Employees and Subs
• Authorization for Background Study
• Chemical Exposure Agreement
• Child Abuse Reporting Form
• Employment Agreement
• Employment Record
• Evaluation
– Aide Evaluation
– Attitude Self-Evaluation
– Employee Evaluation
– Lesson Evaluation
– Provider Evaluation
– Self-Evaluation, version 1
– Self-Evaluation, version 2
– Staff Evaluation (long)
– Staff Evaluation (short)
– Staff Relations Self-Reflection
– Workshop Evaluation
• Forms in Personnel File
• Grievance Form
• Hiring Worksheet
• Infectious Disease Agreement
• Interview Questions
• Job Application
• Maternity Agreement
• Offer of Employment
• Orientation Checklist
• Policy Agreement
• Request for Time Off
• Responsibility Agreement
• Staff Emergency Information
• Staff Medical Form
• Staff Orientation Checklist
• Substitute Provider Information
• Time Card
• Warning Notice
Enrollment
• Enrollment Agreement
• Enrollment Form for Drop-in Care
• Enrollment Form General, version 1
• Enrollment Form General, version 2
• Enrollment Form for Infants
• Enrollment Form for Part-time Child Care
• Enrollment Form for School-age Care
• Enrollment Form General (short)
• Pickup Authorization
• Policies Agreement
• Registration Orientation Checklist
• School Information Sheet
• Termination Notice
Field Trips
• General Field Trips
• Specific Field Trip
Financial
• Advance Payment Agreement for Last Two Weeks of Care
• Advance Payment Agreement for One Week of Care
• Attendance and Payment Record
• Automatic Withdrawal Agreement
• Expense Report
• Late Pickup Fee Due
• Past-Due Payment Plan
• Payments from Parents and Subsidy Programs
• Sample Demand Letter
• Termination Payment Plan Agreement
• Tuition Collection
• Tuition Receipt
• Tuition Reminder
• Unpaid Field Trip Fee
Food and Menu
• Food Allergies and Special Diets Log
• Meal Form
• Weekly Menu
• Year-End Meal Tally
Health and Medicine
• Accident Log
• Communicable Disease Notification Form
• Consent for Release of Health Information
• Drop-off Physical Form
• General Parent Authorizations
• Health Care Referral
• Health Care Reminder
• Illness Report Log
• Immunization Record Log
• Injury Report Form
• Medication Tracking Form
• Non-Prescription Consent
• Prescription Consent
• Suspected Maltreatment
• Swimming Pool Permission
Marketing Your Program
• Marketing Ideas
• Marketing Plan
• Parent Marketing Questionnaire
• Sample Press Release
• When to Use PSAs and Press Releases
Parent Participation, Sign-in, Evaluation
• Parent Check-in/Check-out Form
• Parent Exit Evaluation
• Parent Participation
• Parent Talent Survey
• Parents Evaluation, version 1
• Parents Evaluation, version 2
• Parents Evaluation, version 3
• Parents Evaluation, version 4
• Parents Evaluation, version 5
Planning, Sample Curriculums, Sample Schedules
• Daily Planning Form
• FCC Activity Plan
• Sample Daily Schedule
• Sample PreK Daily Schedule
• Sample Procedure Sheet
• Sample School-age Curriculum
• Weekly Planning Form, version 1
• Weekly Planning Form, version 2
• Weekly Planning Form, version 3
Preenrollment
• Call Tracking Form
• Choosing Child Care Handout
• Inquiries
• Parent Interview Checklist
• Parents’ First Visit
• Preenrollment Health Statement (doctor)
• Preenrollment Health Statement (parent)
• Preenrollment Checklist for Parents
• Preenrollment Checklist for Providers
• Telephone Inquiry Form
• Trial Period Agreement
• Waiting List Confirmation
• Waiting List
Privacy Permission
• Consent to Transfer Records
• Name Release Form
• Permission for Reference
• Photo Permission
• Privacy Permission Agreement
$19.95
Family Child Care Guide to Visits, Inspections, and Interviews
, Sharon Woodward
Product Code: 541266
ISBN: 978-1-60554-126-6
Format: Softbound
Learn the skills and best practices to make receiving visits more productive and worry-free
As a family child care professional, you nurture and teach children during their most formative years. Being a family child care provider also means you must attend to families, licensors, food program representatives, coaches, and other people who visit your in-home business. This guide is filled with everything you need to successfully prepare for and host visits from people involved in the operation and regulation of your business.
This book includes
- Case studies featuring more than twenty common challenges that can occur during visits and skill-based solutions and successful strategies you can use to prepare for those situations
- Checklists and self-examination activities to help you welcome and connect with potential families, specialists, and inspectors in positive ways
- Support, guidance, and techniques to enhance your program
$17.95
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