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Dollars & Sense:
Planning for Profit In Your
Child Care Business

The Dollars & Sense curriculum teaches business and communication skills for child care facilities of all sizes,
from family homes to centers. 


Dollars & Sense: Planning for Profit In Your Child Care Business is published by Delmar Thomson Learning.
It may be used as a class text or a self-study manual.

It is available for purchase from the Montana Child Care Resource & Referral Network, or in bulk from Delmar Publications.

 

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(Also available in Spanish)

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Train-the-Trainer Package

Dollars & Sense Information Sheet

Learn and Teach How To...

  • Decide how much to charge, and when to get paid

  • Set a profit goal

  • Talk to prospective customers about their pricing objections

  • Describe why your business is special, and worth the cost

  • Confront a parent who doesn't pay on time

  • Raise rates and change policies gracefully, engaging parent support rather than anger

  • Professionalize the appearance and presentation of every child care business

  • Respect the rights of parents to make non-traditional choices

  • Work more effectively with community MCCR&R to improve marketing

  • Raise the profile of quality child care at the community level

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Train-The-Trainer Package

Empower your CCR&R training staff to teach child care business training, even if they do not have previous business management experience. The trainer materials correspond to the provider workbook, and include additional information and tools to manage class time, direct group discussion, facilitate exercises, evaluate participant progress, and promote course offerings. 

This package is sold to individual agencies and to state networks under a site license agreement. Cost is negotiable and depends on the number of agencies participating in the agreement. 



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