Research Guides: The Business of Early Childhood Education/Childcare: Business Resources

Helpful Resources

Starting and Operating a Child Care Business
From the Administration for Children and Families
Operating and Running A Family Child Care
From Child Care Aware of America((formerly NACCRRA) . It has home and center information.

SCORE.org for business templates, including cash flow projections:
For business templates, including cash flow projections
Small Business Development Center
Michigan Small Business Development Center (SBDC).
Greater Washtenaw Regional Office is located on campus at WCC and provides free one-on-one business counseling.

Business Insights This link opens in a new window
This database helps you research companies, industries and economies around the world, including data sets and charts as well as case studies.
Vocations and Careers This link opens in a new window
Provides access to journals and magazines that aid users in researching a vocation, finding an appropriate institution of learning, job searching, and maintaining a career.
Vocational Studies Premier This link opens in a new window
Designed specifically for the research needs of two-year colleges, this full-text resource offers scholarly content most relevant to vocational programs.
Small Business Source This link opens in a new window
Small Business Reference Center offers exclusive full text for many top consumer small business reference books, as well as tools to address many small business topics. It includes business videos, a help and advice section and details on how to create business plans.
ERIC This link opens in a new window
ERIC provides education literature to support the use of educational research and information to improve practice in learning, teaching, educational decision-making, and research.