Trainings & Events
We offer practical, hands-on workshops, professional development, and seminars that address the most critical business topics for family child care owners and child care centers.
Location
- Online
MN Business Leadership Cohort Program - Child Care Centers
The Business Leadership Cohort program from First Children’s Finance provides child care center program leaders with the opportunity to learn the basics of business related to their child care program. The program includes four group cohort sessions and two individual consultations over 3-4 months. Upon completion, participants will receive the Business Leadership Credential.
- Location
- Online
MN Business Leadership Cohort Program - Family Care Centers
The Business Leadership Cohort program from First Children’s Finance provides family child care program leaders the opportunity to learn the basics of business related to their child care program. The program includes four group cohort sessions and two individual consultations over 2-3 months. Upon completion, participants will receive the Business Leadership Credential.
- Location
- Online
IA Business Leadership Cohort for Child Care Centers
Sessions are online from 1-4 pm. The Business Leadership Cohort by First Children’s Finance provides center directors with the opportunity to learn about the basics of leadership, management, and financial planning for their child care business within a unique peer-learning cohort environment. The program includes four group training sessions and two individual consultations. (12 hours of Iowa HHS training credit and NAC renewal hours)
- Location
- Online
Time- 1:00pm - 2:00pm ET
The Hidden Infrastructure: What Data from Five States Reveals About Child Care as a Small Business
If you work in economic development, workforce, lending, or philanthropy, understanding the financial health of child care businesses matters. Go beyond the numbers to examine how these businesses show resilience, where they face financial risk, and what the findings suggest for how we fund and support them. Join the conversation and engage in a lively Q&A. We’ll share our perspective on the findings and discuss what they mean for communities, child care funding, policy, and business support, with time for audience questions during a live Q&A.
- Location
- In-Person
2026 Foundations of the Future: Child Care Is Economic Development
Join economic development professionals and community leaders from across Minnesota for a two-day conference focused on one of the most difficult barriers to community growth: access to child care. Learn how to utilize child care as a critical economic development strategy and explore practical, locally driven solutions for communities of all sizes.
- Location
- Online
- Time
- 1:00pm - 3:00pm CT
Precision Pricing for Your Child Care Center
This training equips center directors with tools to assess their pricing models. Participants will conduct a SOAR analysis (Strengths, Opportunities, Aspirations, Results), examine current financial challenges, and identify strategies to set prices that reflect the actual cost of care and thereby ensure long-term sustainability.
- Location
- Online
- Time
- 6:00pm - 8:00pm PT
Desarrollando su Mentalidad de CEO: Fortaleciendo el Liderazgo Empresarial en el Cuidado Infantil - En español (FCC)
CKC: PM Set 2 Este curso está diseñado para propietarios, directores y administradores con experiencia en el cuidado infantil que desean fortalecer su liderazgo y mejorar la eficacia de sus operaciones. Los participantes examinarán los sistemas empresariales y las competencias de liderazgo necesarias para administrar programas de cuidado infantil sostenibles y de alta calidad. A través de discusiones prácticas y actividades basadas en escenarios, los participantes analizarán datos financieros, evaluarán la capacidad organizacional y fortalecerán sus habilidades para la toma de decisiones estratégicas alineadas con los objetivos a largo plazo de su programa. Se pondrá especial énfasis en desarrollar una mentalidad de CEO, integrando un liderazgo visionario con una sólida gestión financiera y del talento humano para fomentar organizaciones de aprendizaje temprano resilientes y de alto impacto.
- Location
- Online
- Time
- 1:00pm - 3:00pm CT
Policies and Practices for Child Care Business Management
This training supports participants in implementing policies, procedures, and systems that promote stable operations. It includes guidance on organizing and creating a comprehensive policies and procedures manual for child care centers
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