eLearning Library: Child Care Businesses

Discuss how to calculate your cost of care by examining your pricing, profit , and projections. Learn how to find your break-even point to better set prices and work towards increasing your profit. Leave with practical guidance to create your annual budget.
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Learn some quick tips to help you prepare and stay on top of the paperwork that comes in fast and furious in the early part of the year.
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“To work because I want to and not because I have to” is one of the most common reasons why an entrepreneur starts their own business. But day-to-day activities shift the focus away from planning for the future. Learn about different options and strategies when planning for retirement.
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Calculating your time-space percentage is an essential part of managing your family childcare home. Learn why this percentage is important and how to calculate it. 
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Session 1 – Your relationship with Money- Budgeting
Examine how your thinking about money affects your relationship with money. Learn to set a budget that works for you!
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Learn about important items to consider before taking the leap to expand.  Get practical tips on budgeting, assembling your early childhood team, managing enrollment, and more.
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Find out what kind of coverage(s) meets your needs, and how it is different than your Building, Homeowner’s or Renter’s Insurance.  This program is open to child care centers, group homes, and family homes
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     Vea la grabacion de esta sesión de una hora para explorar cómo puede implementar las mejores prácticas bancarias para su negocio.
     Los banqueros brindan administración de efectivo, procesamiento comercial y otros servicios valiosos, no solo a alguien con quien habla cuando necesita financiamiento.
     Esta sesión cubrirá formas de construir una relación con su banquero, brindará la visión del banquero sobre cómo trabajar con su empresa y utilizará herramientas para que pueda tomar medidas para mejorar su banca comercial. Obtenga información sobre cómo puede prepararse para implementar su mejor estrategia comercial.
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Fundamentos financieros: Introducción a las finanzas personales (curso de 3 partes)
Parte 1: Presupuesto 101
Tu relación con el dinero, el presupuesto
     Examine cómo lo que piensa sobre el dinero afecta su relación con el dinero. ¡Aprenda a establecer un presupuesto que funcione para usted!
En esta grabación, Monica Martinez Hess repasa la importancia de tener un presupuesto y cómo crearlo. Esta grabación también incluye preguntas y respuestas de personas que asistieron a la sesión.
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“Trabajar porque quiero y no porque tengo que hacerlo” es una de las razones más comunes por las que un emprendedor inicia su propio negocio. Pero las actividades cotidianas desvían el enfoque de la planificación para el futuro. Conozca las diferentes opciones y estrategias al planificar para la jubilación.
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Get some quick tips to help you prepare and stay on top of the paperwork that comes in fast and furious in the early part of the year.
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Fundamentos financieros: Introducción a las finanzas personales (curso de 3 partes)
Parte 2: Crédito y deuda
Puntaje de crédito, deudas y gestión de riesgos
Aprenda cómo se conectan estos temas y qué debe hacer para mejorar sus finanzas.
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¡Únase a nosotros para una sesión importante sobre las mejores prácticas de ciberseguridad. Aprenda a autenticar el sitio web en el que se encuentra y envíe su información de forma segura; obtener consejos para una mejor gestión de contraseñas; y cómo descargar y guardar documentos de forma segura en computadoras públicas.
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This session will walk you through gathering your financials and filling out the WBDC financial templates (or using your own!).
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El Fondo de Oportunidades está diseñado para ayudar a que crezcan las empresas de cuidado infantil con licencia y aspirantes. El Fondo tiene programas de subvenciones dirigidos a diferentes etapas de la empresa, desde la puesta en marcha hasta las que están listas para expandir su negocio.
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Esta sesión lo guiará a través de la recopilación de sus finanzas y el llenado de las plantillas financieras de la WBDC (¡o utilizando las suyas propias!).
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If you are a Connecticut OEC-licensed or aspiring child care provider interested in applying for WBDC’s Child Care Start-up, Expansion, or Emergency Facilities Grant programs, we invite you to join this session to get guidance on preparing your use of funds worksheet, historical & current financial statements, as well as your financial projections.
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Are you up on the ever-changing landscape of labor and employment laws? Join us as we chat with Employment and Labor Attorney, Jennie Woltz to discuss the 5 areas of labor and employment law that you need to know about.
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Doing all your HR yourself and ready to onboard new hires?  Learn about state and federal requirements, employee contracts and policies, onboarding training, and more. Leave with the confidence to successfully onboard your next hire. 
This program is ideal for those looking to hire their first or second employee, or those that have employees and want to strengthen their best practices. 
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CCMS helps providers to implement business practices, supports efficient operations, budgeting, fee collection and financial reporting.
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Doing all your HR yourself?  Learn the key to writing a great job posting, selecting the best candidates to interview, asking the right interview questions, and extending an offer. Leave ready to fill your job openings!  
This program is ideal for those looking to hire their first or second employee, or those that have employees and want to strengthen their best practices. We also recommend the recorded webinar for our Onboarding a New Employee 
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Geared toward eligible child care providers with program staff that are planning to apply for OEC’s Childcare Stabilization Funding.
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Learn the best way to track your grant expenses, classify them correctly and have access to up-to-date financial information. 
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Learn how to leverage OEC Stabilization Funds to attract and retain employees. Examine the many options you have for using the funds, plus what you need to consider when deciding what to do with the funding. You will find out information about awarding bonuses, and how to start or fund retirement plans and other savings programs that are a benefit to existing and future employees.
This recording is ideal for small to mid-sized child care centers with 5-50 employees.
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Learn how to take the first step in managing your personal and business receipts, and get ready for tax season by organizing your receipts for yourself or your bookkeeper.  Explore tools and applications to effectively capture your receipts and other important financial documents.
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Have you ever struggled with using Adobe Acrobat, saving documents to PDF, combining multiple documents into one PDF, or signing documents? Or perhaps you need a refresher on how to attach those documents to an email.  Then join us for this session to go over all these features, ask your questions, and walk away feeling more confident about how you engage in business.
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An important session on cybersecurity best practices.  Learn how to authenticate the website you are on and send your information securely; get tips for better password management; and how to download and save documents safely on public computers.
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