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Child Care Business Training

First Children’s Finance understands that child care businesses are complex and face many unique challenges. That’s why we offer practical, hands-on workshops and seminars that address the most critical business topics for family child care owners and child care centers.

 

Minnesota Trainings

January-May 2025 Trainings

Looking for training to improve your understanding of child care business and financial operations? FCF’s Minnesota team is here to help with a variety of professional development opportunities. Whether you’re starting a new child care business, or increasing your knowledge as a child care CEO, we’re here to help.

Our trainings and workshops are designed for family child care entrepreneurs and child care center owners and directors. All our curriculum and trainers are approved by Develop, Minnesota’s Quality Improvement and Registry, so you are provided credit on your career lattice.

Go to MN Develop Training Registry

Iowa Trainings

Access Business and Financial Fundamentals© for Child Care information!

First Children’s Finance is an Iowa DHS-approved Professional Development Organization that offers training to meet child care center directors, owners and home-based entrepreneurs where you are in your professional development journey—whether you are just getting started or a seasoned professional. Current trainings are posted on the I-PoWeR Training Registry.

For information on hosting a First Children’s Finance training, contact the Iowa Regional Director.

Go to I-PoWeR Training Registry

Michigan Trainings

Finding training and workshops that specifically address the challenges of managing a child care business can be challenging. Some business trainings don’t cover child care specifics, and most child care trainings don’t cover business and finance. FCF’s Michigan team is ready to meet your needs for child care business training and professional development. If you’re looking of practical, hands-on information that will improve your business, we have just the training for you.

Michigan October-December 2024 Trainings

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Vermont Trainings

Finding training and workshops that specifically address the challenges of managing a child care business can be challenging. Some business trainings don’t cover child care specifics, and most child care trainings don’t cover business and finance. FCF’s Vermont team is ready to meet your needs for child care business training and professional development.

Go to Northern Lights Registry

Oregon Trainings

Finding training and workshops that specifically address the challenges of managing a child care business can be challenging. Some business trainings don’t cover child care specifics, and most child care trainings don’t cover business and finance. FCF’s Oregon team is ready to meet your needs for child care business training and professional development.

 

Oregon 2024/2025 Training: English SpanishRussianChineseVietnamese

 

To provide hands-on assistance to groups of child care entrepreneurs, First Children’s Finance convenes Business Leadership Cohorts that bring together similar-sized child care businesses in a peer group and match the group with FCF-led training, consultation, coaching, and technical assistance.

 

Business Leadership Cohorts

Center Based Training : English – Spanish – Russian – Chinese – Vietnamese

Family Based Training : English – Spanish – Russian – Chinese – Vietnamese

Wisconsin Trainings

Finding training and workshops that specifically address the challenges of managing a child care business can be challenging. Some business trainings don’t cover child care specifics, and most child care trainings don’t cover business and finance. FCF’s National team is ready to meet your needs for Wisonsin child care business training and professional development.

Wisconsin Summer-Fall 2024 Trainings

Loan Fund Trainings

Join First Children’s Finance Loan Team staff and guest experts for 1-hour Webinars and corresponding Forums offered monthly during the school year. Our topics will help you learn more about how to be a successful child care business owner. Each webinar and forum pair but can be attended as a stand-alone training.  The sessions are created as an opportunity to learn about the topic in the webinar and then connect with other child care business owners to share knowledge and best practices on the same topic during the forum sessions to enhance your experience.

Loan Fund 2024 Trainings

Need business resources right now?

Explore and download resources designed specifically for child care businesses in our Business Resource Center.

Business Resources