how do you start your own day care business in spokane washington?

I want to open my own day care and i'm not sure where i even need to start. S i'm hoping to get step by step instructions.

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1. In Washington state, contact the Washington Department of Social and Health Services as they are responsible for licensing and regulating daycare centers in the state. They have all the information you need on how to start a daycare business

   Washington Department of Social and Health Services

   Economic Services Administration

   Division of Child Care and Early Learning

   P.O. Box 45480

   Olympia, WA 98504-5480

   Phone: 360-725-4665

   Fax: 360-413-3482

   Hotline: 866-482-4325

   Web site: http://www.del.wa.gov/license/licensingMain.shtml

   The first step is to prepare a business plan. Even if you will not be applying for a bank loan, a business plan helps you to think through your business - what it needs, who it will benefit, how much it will cost, and what is its potential. Here are free business plans on childcare business that you may want to look into:

   http://www.sba.gov/library/pubs/mp-30.doc

   http://www.misbtdc.org/documents/BPWORKBK.pdf

   http://www.misbtdc.org/documents/CDCPLAN.pdf

   http://sbdcnet.utsa.edu/sbic/bplans.htm

   Other articles you may want to read:

   Starting a Child Day Care Business http://www.libsci.sc.edu/BOB/class/clis748/Studentwebguides/ss02/pollack2.htm

   Childcare.net http://childcare.net/indexnew.shtml

   Starting a child-care seHow To Start Your Own Day Care Center http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol40/daycare.htmrvices business http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/0,4621,290241,00.html

   HOW TO START A QUALITY CHILD CARE BUSINESS http://www.sba.gov/library/pubs/mp-29.pdf

   For in-depth information, I suggest checking out the following books:

   - Start and Run a Profitable Home Day Care

   - The Daycare Provider's Workbook

   - Start Your Own At-Home Child Care Business

   - So You Want to Open a Profitable Child Care Center :

   Everything You Need to Know to Plan, Organize and Implement a Successful Program

   It is also important that you learn the tax rules affecting daycare centers, especially if you are going to open one from your home. Here is the IRS page on child care centers: http://www.irs.gov/publications/p587/ar02.html