The child care industry faces a severe workforce crisis. In fact, more than 150,000 workers are “missing” compared to pre-pandemic projections. As a result, staffing shortages keep getting worse. For child care center owners, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act — known as WIOA — offers powerful tools to recruit, train, and retain staff at little to no cost. What read more.

Payroll is the single largest expense in most child care businesses — often consuming 60% to 70% of total revenue. However, it’s also the area where the costliest compliance mistakes tend to hide. From IRS penalties to Department of Labor investigations, a single child care payroll error can snowball into thousands of dollars in fines, back pay, and sleepless nights.​ read more.

Avoiding the Top 10 Payroll Mistakes in Childcare Operations As accountants who live and breathe early childhood education, we see the same payroll headaches pop up in centers over and over again. Fixing them is usually simple—but ignoring them can cost you thousands and create trust issues with your team. Below are the 10 most common childcare payroll mistakes we read more.

Parents today are asking AI tools to help them find child care. Instead of scrolling through Google results, they type questions into ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. As a result, these tools respond with direct recommendations. If your childcare center doesn’t show up in those answers, you’re invisible during the decision-making process. An AI visibility self-audit reveals whether your read more.

Accommodating Physical Limitations: ADA Compliance for Childcare Staff In an early childhood development center, you wear many hats — leader, mentor, caretaker, and advocate. But one of the most important roles is creating an environment where every teacher and caregiver can thrive. While we often focus on inclusion for the children, what about inclusion for the adults who guide them read more.

Picture this: You’re running a busy preschool with 45 enrolled children. You’re handling everything from lesson planning to parent communications to staffing issues. At the end of the month, you glance at your bank account and think, “That seems low.” However, between managing your early childhood education program and keeping your facility running smoothly, who has time to dig through read more.

Running a childcare center is one of the few small business situations where a 5% margin counts as a win. The work matters more than most jobs in the economy. The math is harder than most small businesses face. And the childcare management challenges most owners face aren’t the dramatic crises. They’re the slow, quiet ones. They accumulate over a read more.

Staying Ahead: Accounting Essentials for State Licensing Compliance in Your Childcare Center Running a childcare center is a labor of love—your passion for helping young children grow and thrive is at the heart of everything you do. But as any experienced early childhood educator or facility owner knows, meeting state licensing requirements is just as crucial as inspiring little minds. read more.