Policies and Regulations

the steps to take on how to run a day centre faciliity, what are the policies and procedures and what records have to be kept. How do you do a risk assessment? and what does it look like?

I suggest you read books on how to start a daycare as they often cover those topics for you. Here are some of the books

- Start and Run a Home Daycare by Catherine M. Pruissen
- The Home Daycare Complete Recordkeeping System
by B. Thompson, Brigitte A. Thompson
- How to Own and Operate Your Home Day Care Business Successfully Without Going Nuts!: by Terri Simmons
- Family Child Care Contracts and Policies: How to Be Businesslike in a Caring Profession by Tom Copeland
- So You Want to Open a Profitable Child Care Center: Everything You Need to Know to Plan, Organize and Implement a Successful Program by Patricia C. Gallagher
- Developing and Administering a Child Care Center by Dorothy June Sciarra, Anne G. Dorsey, Ann Dorsey
- Opening & Operating A Successful Child Care Center by Dorothy June Sciarra, Anne G. Dorsey

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 services 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
- How To Start Your Own Day Care Center http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol40/daycare.htm

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

As for the licenses and requirements in your state, the Administration for Children and Families provide a state by state listing of contacts for licensing and regulations governing child care businesses:
http://www.nccic.org/statedata/dirs/regoffic.html

In Connecticut, for example, you would need http://www.dph.state.ct.us/Licensure/apps/G_C_InitialAppReq.pdf
- child day care center initial application
- supplemental application
- lead testing (for pre 1979 buildings/houses)
- first aid course certification
- proof of worker’s compensation form
- verification of experience for head teacher
- local health department approval
- fingerprints of staff
- many more

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1. imisidro Says:
   November 28th, 2009 at 1:41 pm

   I suggest you read books on how to start a daycare as they often cover those topics for you. Here are some of the books

   - Start and Run a Home Daycare by Catherine M. Pruissen
   - The Home Daycare Complete Recordkeeping System
   by B. Thompson, Brigitte A. Thompson
   - How to Own and Operate Your Home Day Care Business Successfully Without Going Nuts!: by Terri Simmons
   - Family Child Care Contracts and Policies: How to Be Businesslike in a Caring Profession by Tom Copeland
   - So You Want to Open a Profitable Child Care Center: Everything You Need to Know to Plan, Organize and Implement a Successful Program by Patricia C. Gallagher
   - Developing and Administering a Child Care Center by Dorothy June Sciarra, Anne G. Dorsey, Ann Dorsey
   - Opening & Operating A Successful Child Care Center by Dorothy June Sciarra, Anne G. Dorsey

   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 services 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
   - How To Start Your Own Day Care Center http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol40/daycare.htm

   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

   As for the licenses and requirements in your state, the Administration for Children and Families provide a state by state listing of contacts for licensing and regulations governing child care businesses:
   http://www.nccic.org/statedata/dirs/regoffic.html

   In Connecticut, for example, you would need http://www.dph.state.ct.us/Licensure/apps/G_C_InitialAppReq.pdf
   - child day care center initial application
   - supplemental application
   - lead testing (for pre 1979 buildings/houses)
   - first aid course certification
   - proof of worker’s compensation form
   - verification of experience for head teacher
   - local health department approval
   - fingerprints of staff
   - many more
   References :

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