WomenVenture’s YourVenture child care business training is a FREE course offered to licensed family child care providers in Minnesota offering business consulting, training, and financial tools to grow their businesses. Courses are held online.
Course Overview
For family child care providers detailed record keeping, on-going financial management, and parent engagement are important components to building and operating a sustainable business. This training will teach providers the best accounting and record-keeping practices to apply in their business. Providers will learn how to utilize a weekly accounting flow and the software tools to increase efficiency, financial sustainability, enrollment, and parent engagement.
Program participation includes access to financial management software, WomenVenture’s business consulting services, cohort meetings, and business focused workshops for one year. This course is Developed approved and participants who complete the training are eligible for 6 training credits.
YourVenture is made possible through funding from the State of Minnesota’s Department of Children, Youth, and Families.
Course Objectives
- Identify special features that make a child care program unique.
- Demonstrate an understanding of how those unique elements help market a business and attract families.
- State the mission and purpose of their program.
- Promote the mission and purpose of their program.
- Prepare marketing materials and employ communication strategies that emphasize the unique aspects, special features, and benefits of their family child care business.
- Recognize the need for clear and accurate small business records.
- Create regular accounting flow that establishes, organizes, and maintains business records to maximize tax deductions.
- Identify generally accepted accounting procedures.
- Identify income and expenses related to operating a family child care business.
- Categorize specific examples of income and expenses related to family child care business.
- Utilize resources and financial management tools to create and use an accounting system.
Upcoming Course Dates
January 14, 21, and 28, 2025 at 6pm CST. This course will be held online.
February 13, 20, and 27, 2025 (Spanish Language Cohort) at 6pm CST. This course will be held online.
March 17, 24, and 31, 2025: at 6pm CST. This course will be held online.
Ready to Sign Up?
Registration for YourVenture is by application only. You will need to provide licensing and financial information during the application process. The information provided in your application will not be shared or sold.
If you have any questions, please contact us at childcare@womenventure.org