Information on how to start a home day care business?
I and my friend are looking into a home day care business. She has a diploma and I am enrolling to do my cert 3 in child care. We need to know wat we have to do to start a home day care. Does any one know a website to look up information, or can give me advice from their personal experiences...
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- Your State's website will have the licensing rules for Family and Group Child care homes. They are different then centers...it will be a starting point for you.
Some states allow for you to have a family/group home daycare in a separate residence besides one where you live. Unfortunately that is not the case in our State. :-) Be sure to check that out.
Since there is two of you...you'll want to be sure you have space for a group home. On the side note, we really don't make that much income...so be sure to make some decisions now before you go in together with this! I was disgusted to find that even if I went to a group home, after paying out the normal expenses as well as for a staff member...I'd actually be making less then what I'm doing now! Remember to include your own children when you are figuring numbers. :-)
Parents like a preschool program, consider that when deciding on how you want to run the program.
Good luck!
