How To Start A DayCare Center - 5 Pieces Of Equipment And Accessories You Must Have

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Once you make the decision to open a profitable daycare, you will need to make sure you have all the necessary equipment and accessories. Starting a daycare can be the best financial move you've ever made, but only if you do things right. That's why you should read this article and check that you have all these pieces of equipment and accessories for your day care center.

Here are 5 "must have" pieces of equipment for your day care:
 

1. First aid kit - Kids have a tendency to fall down, to scrape their knees, to run into things, basically to hurt themselves. You need to be prepared. You're not supposed to be a heart surgeon, not even a certified nurse, but you do need to be able to apply a band-aid or some iodine when one of the kids in your daycare hurts himself or herself.

2. Photos of everyone who can pick the kids up - This is very important. When the day is over and people come to pick up the kids, you need to know who has the right to do so. You must have the photo and name of everyone who can pick up a child before you allow that child to attend your daycare. It is not even safe to rely on the child. For instance, if the child's father comes to pick him up, the child will go with him gladly, but the father and mother may be divorced. Perhaps the father doesn't have visitation rights. Rely on photographs only.

3. Sleeping mats - children take naps during the day. In many states, this piece of equipment is required. It's also for your benefit, because it gives you a break in the middle of the day. Make sure that what you buy complies with your state's regulations.

4. Toys - You must have toys for the children to play with. Buy a variety of toys so that each child has something to play with.

5. Children's books - Children love to be read to and it's also the best way to get them to take an afternoon nap. Be sure to have an assortment of books so the children won't get bored.

Before you start your daycare make sure that you have all these pieces of equipment. Once you have children, make sure to have the photos of people who are allowed to pick them up.

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1) What if my child's parent works overtime? Will overtime be included in child support?

There is no standard law or rule in Rhode Island regarding whether or not the non-possessory parent's overtime will be used to calculate child support. One Judge in Rhode Island consistently rules that overtime compensation cannot be used to calculate child support.

Other Judges in Rhode Island have different opinions regarding overtime. The Family Court is a court of equity and fairness. Judges in Rhode Island will typically look at whether or not a person consistently works overtime over a substantial period of time. Judges may also look at whether or not overtime is consistently offered to a spouse. If overtime is infrequent or not typically offered Judges may be hesitant to calculate overtime as a factor of child support. In that case, many attorneys argue that a person's income should be calculated using their W2 or gross income for the entire calendar year. By calculating gross income over an entire calendar year even infrequent overtime becomes an element of child support.

Judges may also look at other factors such as the needs and expenses of both parties and any extraordinary expenses for the child. At least one Judge has suggested that the possessory parent get a percentage of the overtime that is worked by the non-possessory parent. Other Judges in Rhode Island believe that overtime should always be a factor in child support. Often the issue of overtime is negotiated by the lawyers prior to any formal ruling by the Judge.

2) My child is about to turn 18 but is still in high school and living at home, can I still get child support?

Under Rhode Island Law, child support should end when a child turns 18 and graduates high school. If the child is still in high school, then child support will continue until the child turns 19.

Child support in Rhode Island automatically continues even after the child turns 18 unless a Motion to terminate child support is filed. If you are a non-possessory parent, your best option is to contact a lawyer to file a Motion to Terminate Child Support approximately 40 days prior to your child turning 18 and graduating high school. This will mean that the motion will be heard on a court date soon after the child turns 18. Please note that the non-possessory parent can still be found in contempt for failure to pay child support even after the child turns 18 if there is no motion granted to terminate the child support. If a child is seriously disabled, child support shall continue until the child turns 21 years old.

3) Can I get my child's father to be ordered to pay for my child's college education?

In Rhode Island the Court has no jurisdiction to order a parent to pay for the college education of his/her child. However, if pursuant to a Property Settlement Agreement or other contract, one party agrees to pay for a child's education, then that agreement may be enforced by a court of law. Therefore, if you seek to have your child's parent pay for your child's college education, then you must negotiate payment of college expenses as part of a global settlement of the divorce or custody agreement or other similar agreement.

4) Who is going to pay for my child's daycare?

The Rhode Island minimum child support guidelines take into account both the importance and expense of daycare. The child support guidelines and worksheet are used to determine the proper amount of child support to be paid by the non-possessory parent. The bottom line is that a party will be ordered to pay approximately the same percentage of the daycare that the party makes in relation to that party's percentage of the combined gross income of both parties.

For example: If the husband makes $100,000.00 and the wife makes $50,000.00 the combined gross income for the parties is $150,000.00. Therefore, the husband makes 66 percent of the income and will be ordered to pay 66 percent of the daycare in addition to child support. (There may be an adjustment to take into account the federal tax credit.) This amount is added onto the minimum Child Support Guidelines amount.

5) How do I modify, increase or terminate child support in Rhode Island?

In Rhode Island child support can only be modified if there is a substantial change of circumstances. In order to get a substantial change of circumstances, the child support amount must be 10 percent more or less than the old child support order. The change in circumstances could result from loss of a job, increase of income of either party, new dependents, loss of overtime, unemployment, a disability, etc.

David Slepkow is a Rhode Island lawyer concentrating in divorce, family law, child support, alimony custody and visitation. David has been practicing for over 9 years and is licensed in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Federal Court. Please goto http://www.slepkowlaw.com to contact David Slepkow or to obtain more information. You can also call David Slepkow. 401-437-1100

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Once you’ve decided that daycare is the business for you, you need to decide how you intend to do it. There are a few options which you can adopt to start up your daycare centre.

1. Brand new start up
You can consider setting up your daycare centre from scratch. You’ll need to do a lot of homework and put in a lot of effort and hard work in the preparatory stages such as getting a location, planning the layout of your daycare centre, oversee the renovations, furnish your daycare centre, etc. The process can be very time consuming but if you are a very meticulous, resourceful and organized person, doing this yourself can save you a lot of money. There are a host of websites which can equip you with the essential information and resources to get you started.

2. Buying over an existing daycare centre
You’ll probably save on a lot of time and planning as compared to a brand new start up. However, there are other concerns which you need to take note of. First, you need to ensure that the condition of the existing daycare centre is in good or satisfactory condition; not just the physical outlook but the business operations as well. Take a good look at the condition of the premises (are minor renovations required?), the state of the company assets (is it reusable?), assess the location (is it ideal?), ask to look at the accounts and the lease agreement, etc.

You’ll also need to examine the financial statement of the business to assess the financial health of the business; how is the existing daycare business doing, is enrolment stable or shrinking. That will help you to determine how much you are willing to offer.

Take some time of get to know their customers better. Survey their customers to understand them better. Find out if the parents are happy with the current services that are being provided. What is the reason(s) their children are still enrolled in the present daycare centre?

Gather as much information as possible about their competitors. Find how many daycare facilities are there within a 500 meters from them. Know what are their charges and preferably how many children they are caring for. Are they successful? What sort of value-added services do they provide which you need to take note of.

You’ll also need to ensure that all the legal aspects such as contracts, agreement, licenses, creditors, etc can be easily resolved.

3. Buying a Franchise
Alternatively, you can consider buying a franchise from a daycare franchisor. There numerous benefits which can be gained from purchasing a daycare franchise as opposed to a brand new start up or purchasing an existing business. For example, The chances of success, although not guaranteed, are good as the daycare franchisor would have established a set of proven practices and operations. Training will be provided and as a result of the transfer of management expertise, the learning curve of running a daycare centre will be significantly shorter.

You will also make significant savings on items such as cost of developing a curriculum and marketing which is usually assume by the franchisor and spilt amongst all the franchisees.

However, there can be some disadvantages in purchasing a franchise such as the prohibitive franchise fee, lack of flexibility in operations or lack of support from the franchisor. In addition, there is a possibility that the promotional programs rolled out by the franchisor might not be suitable for your local market.

In conclusion, which option will clearly depend on what you are looking for in the business and the amount of time and resources that you have. If you are short on funds but are willing to put in the hours, a brand new startup is best for you. If you are less of a risk taker, taking over an existing daycare centre or purchasing a daycare franchise will most likely suit you, depending on how much resources you have and how much freedom you are expecting.

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Daycare is the process where you drop your child off with a provider. Daycare is a great way for your little one to acquire some socialization skills if you’re in a situation where there aren’t other kids around. I suggest you check your state and local regulations before enrolling your child in a center or home daycare.

The geographic limitations, and the diversity in type of daycare providers, make child daycare a highly fragmented industry. This leads to frustration for parents who are attempting to find quality child daycare, with 87% of them describing the traditional search for child daycare as "difficult and frustrating".

There are often local industry associations that lobby governments on childcare policy, promote the industry to the public or help parents choose the right daycare provider. In some cases, good daycare can provide different experiences than parental care does, especially when children reach two and are ready to interact with other children. As a matter of social policy, consistent, good daycare, may ensure adequate early childhood education for children of less skilled parents.

Childcare

The vast majority of childcare is still performed by the parents, in house nanny or through informal arrangements with relatives, neighbors or friends. For example, in Canada, among two parent families with at least one working parent, 62% of parents handle the childcare themselves, 32% have other in-home care (nannies, relatives, neighbors or friends) and only 6.5% use a formal day care center. Some home day cares operate illegally with respect to tax legislation where the care provider does not report fees as income and the parent does not receive a receipt to qualify for childcare tax deductions.

Under the current law, educators and childcare workers at daycare centers, schools, and other organizations need to have their backgrounds checked. According to provinces and cities some shortages of subsidized openings can lengthen the time needed to find a suitable childcare provider.

Almost all areas of the country reported a rise in the costs parents have to pay for all forms of childcare, when they can find it. Continuing high costs of childcare highlight the need to subsidize services more effectively. The government needs to support affordable quality childcare which is provided locally through the voluntary, public and independent sectors, and meets the requirements of parents.

Business

Don't be mislead in thinking that operating a day care business means working 24 hours a day 7 days a week. You can run a profitable home daycare business from your home and avoid paying high costs to rent a large space. If you're tired of leaving your child in the care of someone else, but need the money to help meet your financial obligations, running a home daycare business is the solution you've been waiting for.

A home daycare is one of the easiest, cheapest and fastest home businesses to start. Many experts expect the demand to increase through the next dozen years, and the popularity of this type of business to continue growing from there. Be sure to know the regulations in your area, and then design your business plan to meet these regulations. There are software tools to assist you in running a smooth daycare operation.

Whether you run a home daycare or a daycare center, a good daycare software will:

Organize your child care business making it run more smoothly and trouble-free

save you time by automating time-consuming administrative tasks such as attendance tracking and billing

save you money by reducing administrative costs

reduce stress with automatically generated schedules

event reminders make you money by allowing you to focus on growing your business while helping you avoid legal and tax problems

Finally, if you have employees, the software with automatically keep track of their hours and pay.

Placing your child in a daycare can be a stressful decision for any parent as in most cases they're literally giving all their trust to a stranger to look after their child. Check with local governments to ensure the daycare facility is known as having a good track record with few complaints. The daycare industry is vast and can be profitable if you are frugal and decide to operate the business from home.

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Opening a daycare in your home has so many benefits to it, the list goes on and on. One of the greatest benefits that excites so many ladies is the fact that you can make money and stay home and raise your children.

This was initially why I started my daycare.

I was a new mom of twins and I had an absolute desire to stay home and care for my daughters. So it all worked out perfectly, I made money, took care of my family and had a really great time teaching and caring for other people’s children.

Many of you have asked me advice on starting a daycare is expensive. This could be farther from the truth. To be honest with you most of the items I use in my daycare I had already owned. Just think about it for a minute, many of you are already mom’s and have toy’s laying around the house.

And if you don’t you can purchase toys at rummage sales, and Goodwill for cheap. Books and toys can be borrowed from the library and parents who attend your daycare can be asked if they have any items they would like to donate. Over the years I’ve gone to businesses in my area asking them if they had any donations, I’ve gotten items such as envelopes, huge roles of paper, colored sheets of sticker paper, books of wallpaper samples, the list goes on. All these items can be used for craft projects with children.

It always helps to be creative, one other thing I did that received rave reviews is I bought a large circular wooden table at Goodwill for $15.00. It was a beautiful table but too tall for small children. My solution was to chop off the legs.

It’s very important to keep in mind that many items around your home can be turned into items that would be great for daycare. Another example would be bones from Thanksgiving Turkey Dinners. Keep the large sized leg bones to show children and teach about bones in humans and animals.

Starting a daycare in your home is one of the cheapest businesses you can start. It only takes a short time to get things up and running. It’s not uncommon to start a daycare in one week’s time.

Christine Groth is an author, speaker, mentor to daycare business owners. She has wrote the book, "The Guide to Instant Daycare Profits" To receive her free newsletter on how to start a daycare go to http://www.instantdaycareprofits.com/

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Running a childcare facility can be an exhausting, 24/7 job. There are always kids to keep track of, records to update, fees to collect, bills to pay, reports to write, and so on. Often, your To-Do List seems both frighteningly endless and drearily cyclical.

If you're not careful, trying to keep up with all your duties could wear you ragged. You also run the risk of spreading yourself too thin. And that could spell the difference between delivering quality and substandard childcare.

Fortunately, Professional Solutions' ProCare software provides a way to streamline your operations. With this line of childcare management and daycare programs, you can quickly automate your facilities for maximum efficiency and minimum headaches. This means you can now instantly accomplish tasks that would otherwise take you minutes, hours or even days to complete. This also means that investing in the ProCare system can save you a fortune in wasted time, effort and money. It can very well be the soundest business decision you'll ever make.

Automation allows ProCare to simplify many monotonous and mundane administrative chores for you. With just a few keystrokes and mouse clicks, it can help you organize customer information into easily retrievable records. It can also help you perform other time-consuming duties, such as scheduling, bookkeeping and generating reports, in practically no time at all.

ProCare knows that the decision to automate your center is no small matter. This is why ProCare willingly provides you with a free software demo (available for request at http://procaresoftware.com/demo.shtml that will walk you through the system. This gives you a firsthand feel of the features and benefits without having to shell out any funds.

ProCare is a completely customizable software package solution. With the comprehensive ProCare Family Data program at its very heart, managing child and family data becomes swift and simple. Other optional modules can be purchased as add-ons to this core software. Each module is intended to target a specific function, such as accounting or attendance tracking. While the Family Data software is a must-buy, you only pay for the add-ons that you want or require. ProCare can therefore be designed to meet the individual needs of most any preschool or daycare. It can even be designed to fit most any budget. A pool of well-trained and dedicated ProCare consultants are always on hand to help you pick out which features will work best for your particular center.

Once you choose and install the ProCare package best suited for your needs, you're ready to hit the ground running. Its intuitive interface guarantees ease of use, with absolutely no learning curve necessary. Even computer novices will be able to successfully navigate through the application's user-friendly menus and functions. So from the moment you fire up your software, all you have to worry about is what you're going to do with all the time you'll save.

For an entire decade now, ProCare's business solution expertise has given childcare professionals more time to focus on what really counts: nurturing and caring for kids. Isn't it time you automated your center the ProCare way too? For more information on Day Care Software, please visit http://www.softwareperfect.com/

About The Author
Jasmine Ong is a staff writer for Software Perfect - a leading independent software review website. softwareperfect.com

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