Head Start Partnership Opportunities: Boosting Enrollment and Funding in Your Childcare Center Head Start and Early Head Start are designed to work through community partnerships with child care programs, schools, health centers, and other local organizations. These partnerships give families access to more comprehensive services (health, family support, screenings), while your center benefits from increased demand and stronger outcomes. For read more.

EIDL Collections Are Coming: What Every Childcare Center Owner Needs to Know If you took an EIDL loan to keep your childcare center alive during COVID, you are not alone. Thousands of daycare, preschool, and early childhood education businesses relied on Economic Injury Disaster Loans as a lifeline when enrollment plummeted and shutdowns left them with no revenue. But now, read more.

Simple Science Experiments Safe for Preschoolers You don’t need a fancy lab to bring science into your preschool room. You already have everything you need: curious kids, soap, water, a little food coloring, and a willingness to get a tiny bit messy. Science at this age is really about wondering, watching, and talking together—not perfect results or big explanations. Below read more.

She Couldn’t Afford to Keep Her Teachers. She Also Couldn’t Afford to Lose Them. How a state Work Share program let her cut payroll costs without losing a single staff member. The Short Version: 8 Teachers Retained — Zero Laid Off 20% Hours Reduced Per Teacher $5,500/mo Monthly Payroll Relief While Center Recovered Meet the Client A licensed child care read more.

Her Returns Were Filed Correctly. They Just Left $17,400 on the Table. The Short Version: 3 Years of Returns Reviewed 4 Missed Deduction Categories $17,400 Recovered in Overpaid Taxes Meet the Client When a child care center owner came to Honest Buck to take over her accounting, she wasn’t in crisis. Her books were clean. She filed on time every read more.

She Had No Idea Her 1099s Were a $43,000 Tax Bomb. We Defused It Before It Went Off. The Short Version: 7 Workers Misclassified as 1099 Contractors $43,000+ Potential IRS & State Exposure if Audited $1,850 Actual VCSP Settlement Paid Meet the Client A licensed child care center owner came to Honest Buck looking for help with payroll setup. She read more.

She Was Paying $18,000 a Year in Taxes She Didn’t Have To. One Election Changed That. The Short Version: $200,000 Annual Net Business Income $18,360 Annual SE Tax Savings $91,800 5-Year Cumulative Savings Meet the Client Nicole had been running her licensed child care center as a single-member LLC for six years. Her program was full, her reputation was strong, read more.

The State Said She Owed $16,000 in Unemployment Taxes. We Proved She Owed $0. The Short Version: $16,000 Original State Assessment $0 Final Amount Owed After Appeal $16,000 Saved in Premiums & Penalties Meet the Client A licensed child care center owner came to Honest Buck after receiving a notice that stopped her in her tracks: the state unemployment agency read more.