1. Understanding Child Care How SBDCs & Other Financial Intermediaries Can Support Child Care Business Development in California

2. The Building Child Care Project Funded by the California Department of Education, Child Development Division, BCC is a collaboration of four organizations: The National Economic Development and Law Center (NEDLC) The California Child Care Resource and Referral Network (CCCR&RN) The Children’s Collabrium The Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF)

3. BCC’s Mission The Building Child Care (BCC) Project provides a centralized clearinghouse of information and services to increase the California child care sector's understanding of the facilities development process and access to facility development resources.

4. BCC’s Core Services The BCC Web Site: www.buildingchildcare.org The Toll Free Hotline: 1-888-411-3535 Enhanced One-on-One Capital Financing TA Trainings (Providers and TA Intermediaries) Educating Policymakers and the Field

5. What is Child Care? Care and education outside traditional K-12 education for children of varying ages (0-12).

6. Family Child Care Homes  Small (licensed for 8) and large (licensed for 14) family child care homes with a family day care home license from Community Care Licensing. Licensed child care centers  Private, for-profit and non-profit centers,  Head Start centers,  California Department of Education (CDE)-contracted centers with full-time and/or part-time programs, and  Licensed centers that define themselves as co-ops, nursery schools, preschools and school age programs. There are Two Types of Licensed Child Care

7. California’s Licensed Child Care Industry Licensed Family Child Care Homes Small Family Child Care Homes (6-8 capacity) Large Family Child Care Homes (9-14 capacity) Licensed Center-Based Programs Title 22 Centers Head Start Early Head Start Migrant Head Start Title V Centers Head Start Early Head Start Migrant Head Start CDE-CDD Funded Programs (e.g., State Preschool, and General Child Care, etc.)

8. Child Care is Integral To Community Economic Development Community Economic Development Safe place for children Gathering place for parents Builds skills, education and training for both Creates 132,000 jobs in CA Generates between $4.7 and $5.4 billion in gross receipts statewide Enables parents to work and local businesses to thrive

9. Child Care Creates Jobs

11. Child Care Generates Revenue

12. Child Care Supports Working Parents The child care industry enables parents to work and/or update their skills. More than half of children ages 0 to 5 in CA live in families where both parents work. Child care enables Californians to earn an estimated $13 billion annually.

13. High-Quality Child Care Cultivates the Future Workforce High-quality child care and early education programs lay the groundwork for CA’s future economic success by preparing the next generation with life and learning skills.

14. Child Care Supply in California 2005 Child Care Portfolio Estimated Demand –3,848,155 children with parents in the labor force Licensed child care Supply –1,002,400 licensed child care slots available Licensed child care is available for only 26% of children with parents in the labor force County level child care supply and demand information is available at: http://www.rrnetwork.org/our-research/2005Portfolio.html

15. The Child Care Sector’s Needs: Business Development –Business Plans –Bookkeeping –Contracts –Marketing –Rate setting –Taxes Access to Financing –Loan Packaging

16. Can SBDCs Work with Nonprofit Providers? SBDCs can provide trainings/one-on-one TA to nonprofit child care providers because the industry provides a significant economic impact (e.g., generating local jobs and revenue and enabling parents work and/or update their skills). Nonprofits can’t currently access SBA loans but there might be future policy changes that will eliminate that requirement.

17. Local Resources for SBDCs Working With Child Care Providers Local Child Care Planning Councils (LPC) conduct needs assessments that are useful for determining market demand at the sub-county level. To find your local LPC vist: http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/re/lpccontacts.asp http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/re/lpccontacts.asp Resource and Referral (R&R) agencies can also provide data for estimating market demand. To find your local R&R visit: http://www.rrnetwork.org/resources-and-links/counties.html http://www.rrnetwork.org/resources-and-links/counties.html Amador, Calaveras, Kern, Los Angeles, Merced, Orange, Riverside, Santa Barbara, Solano, and Ventura Counties have ABCD Constructing Connections, a program that actively encourages the child care and community development sectors to work together to support and streamline the process of financing, constructing and managing child care facilities:,. For more information on ABCD Constructing Connections visit: http://www.buildingchildcare.org/LIIF ABCD C Conn-Operators_Final_.pdf http://www.buildingchildcare.org/LIIF ABCD C Conn-Operators_Final_.pdf

18. SBDCs Partner with Child Care Businesses & Intermediaries Central Coast SBDC: Partners with Santa Cruz credit union, El Pajaro CDC, Santa Cruz Community Ventures, the Human Resources Agency & the County Office of Education Child Development Resource Center Provides: –Business training and 1-1 technical assistance for child care operators and providers –Child care business operational and fiscal analysis –Child care facilities pre-development

19. SBDCs Partner with Child Care Businesses & Intermediaries Central Coast SBDC cont.: Created an “economies of scale” project for CCC, which reduces costs through bulk purchases (e.g., food, dental care). Helped develop an association of family child care home providers. The network exchanges information, shares best practices, etc.

20. SBDCs Partner with Child Care Businesses & Intermediaries Southwestern College Small Business Development & International Trade Center (Chula Vista): Received a HUD grant to develop a micro-enterprise family childcare program Partners with Family Resource Center Offers12 week training (in Spanish) that combines a business course with child development and health and safety curriculum Offers small business loans through ACCION

21. Effective Curriculum For Training Child Care Providers BCC’s Child Care Center and Family Child Care Home Facilities Development and Financing Manuals: http://www.buildingchildcare.org/publications. htm http://www.buildingchildcare.org/publications. htm SBA’s How To Start A Quality Child Care Business: http://www.sba.gov/library/pubs/mp-29.doc http://www.sba.gov/library/pubs/mp-29.doc LIIF’s Preparing Child Care Borrowers for Underwriting: (website coming) Fannie Mae Foundation Publications: http://www.homebuyingguide.org/products.asp?lang=a http://www.homebuyingguide.org/products.asp?lang=a Redleaf Press’ Getting Started in the Business of Family Child Care http://www.redleafinstitute.org/pdf/gettingstarted.pdf Self Help’s Business Side of Child Care Manual http://www.self-help.org/business-and-nonprofit-loans/business-and- nonprofit-files/business-nonprofit-technical-assistance- resources/Business.Side.of.Child.Care.Manual.pdf http://www.self-help.org/business-and-nonprofit-loans/business-and- nonprofit-files/business-nonprofit-technical-assistance- resources/Business.Side.of.Child.Care.Manual.pdf

22. SBDC’s Can Help Grow and Sustain the Local Child Care Industry