How do I start an in home daycare in nj?
Answers:
For license information in New Jersey, contact the
Department of Children and Families (DCF)
Office of Licensing at 1-877-667-9845.
http://www.state.nj.us/dcf/divisions/lic...
The first step is to prepare a business plan. Even if you will not be applying for a hill loan, a business plan help you to mull over through your business - what it wants, who it will benefit, how much it will cost, and what is its potential. Here are free business plans on childcare business that you may want to look into:
http://www.sba.gov/library/pubs/mp-30.do...
http://www.misbtdc.org/documents/bpworkb...
http://www.misbtdc.org/documents/cdcplan...
http://sbdcnet.utsa.edu/sbic/bplans.htm...
Other articles you may want to read:
Starting a Child Day Care Business http://www.libsci.sc.edu/bob/class/clis7...
Childcare.net http://childcare.net/indexnew.shtml...
How To Start Your Own Day Care Center" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol40/daycar...
Starting a child-care services business http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/0,46...
HOW TO START A QUALITY CHILD CARE BUSINESS http://www.sba.gov/library/pubs/mp-29.pd...
For in-depth information, I suggest checking out the following books:
- Start and Run a Profitable Home Day Care
- The Daycare Provider's Workbook
- Start Your Own At-Home Child Care Business
- So You Want to Open a Profitable Child Care Center :
Everything You Need to Know to Plan, Organize and Implement a Successful Program
It is also momentous that you swot the duty rules affecting daycare centers, especially if you are going to plain one from your home. Here is the IRS page on child concern centers: http://www.irs.gov/publications/p587/ind...