Child Care Design

Childcare Center Design Guide (July 2017) 

Design for All (Jan 2020) 

 

COVID-19 Related Resources

Keep up-to-date with the most recent GUIDANCE

CDC Guidance for Operating Child Care (updated 5/11/23)

OCDEL COVID19 Provider Resources

Philadelphia Resources for Schools and Early Childhood Education

 

COVID-19 Business Operations Tools

Template documents and SAMPLE POLICIES

SAMPLE Strongly Encourage Vaccine Policy (updated 11.18.21)

SAMPLE Mandatory Vaccine Policy (updated 11.18.21)

COVID Entry Notice (for posting at the entrance of a facility) 

Potential exposure notification (for staff) 

Potential exposure notification (for families)

 

ECE Business Research

Early Childhood Education Fiscal Hub Phase 2 (December 2021)

Eligibility, Participation, and Barriers to Entry for Contracted Seat Programs in Philadelphia’s Child Care Sector (September 2021)

Overcoming Financial Barriers to Expanding High-quality Early Care & Education in Southeastern Pennsylvania

Child Care Funding & Finance in Pennsylvania: Budgeting for Survival or Paying for the True Cost of Quality, 28-29. Research for Action

Delivering Quality: Strengthening the Business Side of ECE

Early Childhood Education Fiscal Hub (February 2019) 

COVID-19 Business Stabilization TA Exit Survey Results 

Insight into the Business Practices of Child Care Providers in Philadelphia

 

HEALTH and SAFETY

Recordings of PHMC Community of Learning webinars:

Community of Learning: Environmental Health in Early Learning Centers: Why it Matters!
Community of Learning: Maintaining Health and Safety Practices

Community of Learning: Caring for Children with Asthma
Community of Learning: Exclusion Guidelines in Childcare
Community of Learning: Cleaning, Sanitizing, & Disinfecting
Community of Learning: Policies and Procedures  

Cleaning

EPA -Disinfectants for Use Against SARS-CoV-2 

Reduce the Risk of COVID-19  

 Lead Testing Requirements

City of Philadelphia FCCH Lead Testing Requirements (en Espanol)

 

 Financial Management

Common Financial Terms 

Child Care Business Basics: A guide to financial and accounting concepts 

Standard Chart of Accounts (Philadelphia) 

Standard Chart of Accounts (Pennsylvania)

Annual Budget Projections (3 years)

Cash Flow Template

Opportunities Exchange: Child Care Management Software FAQ 

Opportunities Exchange: The Iron Triangle 

Accountants with Child Care Knowledge

 

 Shared Services

SharedSource Pennsylvania

 

Staffing: Recruitment and Training

ECEHigherEd 

ECEHire

 

Tax Preparation

Tax preparation help for QuickBooks Online users

Civitas Strategies Resources

2022 Taxes Workbook for home-based child care providers

Online Tax Preparation Buyer’s Guide for Child Care Businesses

Turbo Tax Self-Employed Online Tax Preparation Guide for Child Care Businesses

H&R Block Self-Employed Online Tax Preparation Guide for Child Care Businesses

TaxAct Self-Employed Online Tax Preparation Guide for Child Care Businesses

Tax Guides and Resources

Time-Space Calculation Worksheet for home-based child care providers

Confidence in Quality Tax Rubric App
Using last year's return, find deductions you may have missed and see audit risks that you may not have known about.

English: https://civitas-rubric-eng.glideapp.io
Spanish: https://civitas-rubric-esp.glideapp.io

 

   

 

 

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