Build a childcare business that works.
Opening your doors is one accomplishment. Running a healthy business every day is another.
RUN helps childcare owners navigate the operational side of ownership—from compliance and staffing to finances, insurance, systems, and professional support.
Stay Licensed & Compliant
Protect what you've built.
Licensing doesn’t end when your business opens.
Childcare operators must continue meeting requirements involving health and safety, staffing, recordkeeping, inspections, background checks, training, ratios, and facility operations.
CBCH helps you find current regulatory information and technical assistance so you know where to go when requirements change or questions come up.
IMPORTANT: CBCH does not replace your licensing agency or professional legal advice. Always verify current requirements with the appropriate authority.
Build & Manage Your Team
Your people are part of your business infrastructure.
Hiring in childcare isn’t simply about filling a schedule.
Recruiting
Qualifications
Background Checks
Onboarding & Payroll
Scheduling
Training
Performance Management
Retention
Manage the Money
Revenue doesn't automatically create a healthy business.
Owners need to understand what’s coming in, what’s going out, and what the numbers are telling them.
Budgeting
Bookkeeping
Payroll & Taxes
Cash Flow
Subsidy Payments
Expenses
Financial Reporting
Tuition Collection
You don’t need to become an accountant. You do need enough financial visibility to make informed business decisions—and know when professional help is necessary.
Protect the Business
Build for the things you hope never happen.
Running a childcare business creates responsibilities involving children, employees, families, facilities, vehicles, data, and property.
Depending on your operation, professional guidance may be appropriate around:
- General Liability
- Property Coverage
- Workers' Compensation
- Commercial Auto
- Cybersecurity
- Employment Practices
- Contracts
- Risk Management
CBCH helps owners find information and professional resources so risk management isn’t an afterthought.
Build Better Systems
Stop running everything from your head.
As a childcare business grows, informal processes become harder to manage.
Systems can help organize
- Enrollment
- Billing & Attendance
- Parent Communication
- Staff Records
- Scheduling
- Purchasing
- Procedures
The goal isn’t technology for technology’s sake. It’s creating a business that can operate consistently without every decision depending on the owner remembering what happens next.
Work With Families
Families are customers—and relationships matter.
Strong programs need clear expectations and consistent communication.
That may include:
- Enrollment Agreements
- Parent Handbooks
- Tuition Policies
- Communication
- Complaints
- Late Payments
- Withdrawals
- Family Engagement
Clear policies protect both the relationship and the business.
Get Professional Help
You don't have to become an expert in everything.
At some point, running a business may require expertise outside childcare.
That can include:
Accountants
Bookkeepers
Insurance Professionals
Attorneys
Payroll Providers
HR Support
Business Advisors
Technology Providers
CBCH helps owners understand when outside expertise may be useful and where to begin looking for it.
Resource Directory
Find help for the business you're operating today.
Browse vetted resources for compliance, staffing, financial management, professional development, business systems, technical assistance, and operations.
Filters:
- Locations
- Resource Type
- Business Need
- Black Entrepreneur Resources
Mission Callout
Starting businesses matters. Keeping them matters too.
Increasing Black ownership in childcare can’t stop at helping entrepreneurs open businesses.
Those businesses also need the knowledge, systems, professional networks, and resources necessary to remain open, become profitable, employ people, acquire assets, and create long-term wealth.
CBCH is built to support ownership beyond opening day.
Need more than information?
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Sometimes a guide isn’t enough.
CBCH is building a network of professionals and service providers who understand the needs of childcare businesses.
- Accounting
- Insurance
- Legal
- HR & Payroll
- Technology
- Marketing
- Marketing Consulting
CBCH will clearly identify sponsored or paid relationships. Inclusion or sponsorship does not replace the user’s responsibility to evaluate a provider.
Next Step
A healthy business needs access to capital.
Whether you need working capital, equipment, facility improvements, or money to expand, understand the funding options available to you.