Early Childhood Business Supports

• Flowchart to Open a Childcare

• Iron Triangle Worksheet

• Blueprint for Success

• Considerations in Setting Rates

• Benefits for Early Childhood Professionals

• Classroom Cost Analysis

• Salary Scale

• Sample Budget

• Staffing Worksheet

• Setting Part Time Rates

• ​Developing Early Childhood Facilities

• ​Equipping and Furnishing an ECE Facility

• Creating Playgrounds for ECE Facilities

• The ABC's of Childcare

• Program Revenue Workbook 

• Offering Sliding Scale Tuition

Running a child care program means juggling far more than curriculum and classrooms. Behind the scenes, owners and directors are responsible for legal filings, accounting, building maintenance, safety compliance, communications infrastructure, insurance, and more.
 

To help providers spend less time figuring out who to call and what things cost, Lincoln Littles’ Access to Quality Care & Education (AQCE) group surveyed local programs about the vendors, services, and supports they rely on.

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• DHHS Licensing

  • Childcare Self Report Requirements​

• Subsidy

• ​Health Department Healthy Childcare

• CACFP (food program)

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• Community Develppment and Resources

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• Nebraska Enterprise Fund

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• DHHS Start-up Grants

• Southeast Community College Continuing Education Business and Community​

• NECPRS Training Calendar

• NECC free on-demand Learning Library

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CDA Information

CDA Council for Professional Recognition 

• Informational Video

• Steps to Complete the CDA

• Scholarship Application

• Nebraska Early Childhood Collaborative CDA Training (FREE)

• CDA Resource Collection List

• My Savings Portal