Iowa
The Iowa State Office staff is dedicated to increasing the supply and business sustainability of child care by strengthening home-based and center-based child care programs through business and financial training, coaching, consulting, technical assistance and access to capital.
The Iowa staff also bolsters the workforce and economy by helping communities find the right-sized solutions for child care through consulting projects; including child care market analysis, strategic planning and financial modeling of future facilities and expansions.
Iowa Quick Links
Business & Financial Fundamentals© Flyer and Schedule
Child Care Market Analysis and Strategic Planning
Success Story: Storm Lake Creates Vision for City’s Child Care Future
Storm Lake, Iowa, leaders knew the growing city lacked enough child care. The city had been identified as being in a “child care desert,” meaning there were more than three children under the age of five in the community for every available child care slot. Read the story here.
Success Story: Retirement and Succession Planning in Child Care
Jon and her daughter, Brandi, operate Tinker Tots Enrichment Home— a Registered Category C Child Care program in Creston, Iowa. Jon has been a Registered Child Development Home Provider since 1991. Read her story here.
OUR AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Accounting and Record Keeping
Board Governance
Budgeting & Cash Flow Projections
Business & Financial Policies and Procedures
Business Planning
Child Care Strategic Planning
PARTNER WITH US
- To achieve financial growth and stability for your child care business.
- To increase and sustain child care availability in your area.
- To better understand your child care market, systems and funding streams.
HOW WE CAN HELP
- Business training
- Business consulting, coaching and technical assistance
- Lending as a Community Development Financial Institution
- Community consulting and facilitation
- Partnering to build solutions
