Contracts and Policies
Articles
A Non-Paying ParentAdvice for Beginning Child Care Providers
Business Trips
Charging Extra Fees
Contract Complications
Custody Disputes: Married and Unmarried Couples
Developing a Business Start-up Plan
Do You Have a Bonus Coming?
Early Drop-Off and Late Pick-Up
Electronic Payments for Child Care Now Available with C-K Kids
Ending the Parent Relationship
Four Key Tips on Contracts and Policies for Family Child Care Providers
Holding Fees
How to Enforce Agreements with Parents
How to Enforce Your Rules With Parents
How to Establish a Business Relationship with Parents
How to Set Your Rates
Legal and Illegal Discrimination
New Report Reviews Recent Family Child Care Research
Parent Interview Tips
Protecting Yourself When a Parent Leaves
Sample Policy: Parents' Responsibilities When Transporting Their Children
Sample Policy: Termination Language and Notice
The Basics of a Contract
The Three Choices of Life: How to Resolve Conflicts with Parents
Three Key Money Management Tips for Family Child Care Providers
Transportation Issues for Parents and Providers
Using Your Contract Effectively
What Are Your Policies When a Natural Disaster Strikes?
What Is a Policy?
When Is It Safe To Talk About Family Child Care Rates?
When It's Not Your Choice to Say Goodbye
Will The State Pay For Your Registration Fee?
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Handouts
The following handouts are PDFs and, once you download them, can be opened in Adobe Reader. Organizations and trainers are free to use these handouts in their workshops as long as the contact information on our letterhead is included.
Contract Hypotheticals
Ending a Parent Relationship
How to Enforce Your Rules with Parents
How to Establish a Business Relationship with Parents
Parent Evaluation Form
Policy on Parents Transporting Their Children
Transportation Issues for Parents and Providers
Sample Contract Termination Language
Booklets
The following handouts are PDFs and, once you download them, can be opened in Adobe Reader. Organizations and trainers are free to use these booklets in their workshops as long as the contact information on our letterhead is included.
Caring for Children in Your Home: A Business Guide for Legal Unlicensed Providers (national)
Caring for Children in Your Home: A Business Guide for Legal Unlicensed Providers (Minnesota only)
Getting Started in the Business of Family Child Care
Family Child Care Provider Guide
The "Family Child Care Provider Guide" is a publication released in October 2002 by the IRS Taxpayer Education and Communication office in Cleveland, Ohio. This forty-page booklet summarizes the basic record keeping rules that affect family child care providers. The Cleveland office of the IRS is using this publication in Ohio to help educate family child care providers about their tax responsibilities and to increase tax filing compliance.
Multilingual Materials
Español
Redleaf National Institute would like to express its appreciation to the American Express Minnesota Philanthropic Program for providing funding for the translation of these handouts.
Preparándose para abrir una empresa de atención infantil familiar
